After enduring what he calls “the worst shoot of my life” in the 1990s, Guillermo del Toro says Toronto restored his faith in filmmaking — a bond that led him to bring his decades-in-the-making “Frankenstein” to the city.

The Oscar-winning director premiered his take on Mary Shelley’s 1818 Gothic classic in North America on Monday at the Toronto International Film Festival, in the very city where much of it was filmed.

“I threw my back out, so I was in a little bit of pain, but I was more in joy. I loved the reception. The audience was so warm,” del Toro said in an interview on Tuesday.

The film stars Oscar Isaac as tormented scientist Victor Frankenstein and Jacob Elordi as the monster he creates, and features sprawling, custom-built sets shot largely on Toronto soundstages.

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