In a scene straight out of Nineteen Forties Venice, London’s canals have been reworked this morning – with a spooky twist.

Passers-by within the capital got a daunting shock as a ghoulish gondola took to the canals, passing by Little Venice, Regents Park and Camden’s canal.

Manned by mysterious figures draped in black and donning conventional Venetian masks, early rising metropolis employees and cyclists have been stunned by the eerie boats.

They emerged from a thick cloud of fog that was forged over the waterways – however the fearsome figures have been really celebrating the launch of ‘A Haunting in Venice’, which is in cinemas this Friday.

It was created utilizing a duplicate Venetian gondola and manned by people dressed head-to-toe in costumes impressed by the movie, that includes bespoke Venetian masks.

The activation was executed by a workforce of SFX and prop-makers who studied hours of footage to seize the likeness of the characters, costumes and conventional Venetian gondolas.

The movie is the newest instalment within the collection of Agatha Christie’s Poirot movies and stars Kenneth Branagh, Michelle Yeoh and Jamie Dornan.

‘A Haunting in Venice’ is ready in post-World War II Venice on All Hallows’ Eve and options the return of the celebrated sleuth, Hercule Poirot.

Based on Agatha Christie’s novel ‘Hallowe’en Party’, it follows 2017’s ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ and 2022’s ‘Death on the Nile’.