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Museum of Horrors by Dario Argento

The museum of the horrors of Dario Argento is located at the Profondo Rosso Store, a shop opened in Rome, in the Prati district by the horror director Dario Argento, in the basement of the shop in Rome in Via dei Gracchi 260 (subway line A, direction Valle Aurelia, Lepanto stop)....

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Museum of Horrors by Dario Argento — Roma, Italy.

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The museum of the horrors of Dario Argento is located at the Profondo Rosso Store, a shop opened in Rome, in the Prati district by the horror director Dario Argento, in the basement of the shop in Rome in Via dei Gracchi 260 (subway line A, direction Valle Aurelia, Lepanto stop). Access is guaranteed by a spiral staircase. The visitor is greeted by a myriad of chilling sounds and noises and by a dim light that allows you to see on either side of the only corridor of the small rooms closed by iron gates whose interiors are closed the real horrors that are nothing but relics of films by Dario Argento, including Dèmoni, Phenomena, La chiesa and La sindrome di Stendhal. The relics are nothing but monsters around which the sets of the corresponding film are reconstructed. However, there is no lack of horror objects from other films directed by other directors, both Italian and foreign, including the reconstruction of Freddy Krueger from the Nightmare series and the head of a rhinoceros from the film E la nave va by Federico Fellini. At the end of the visit there is the companion who will not fail to make a horror trick by leading the unsuspecting visitor in front of a bewitched mirror.

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The museum is located in the basement of the Profondo Rosso Store at Via dei Gracchi 260 in the Prati district of Rome. You can reach it by taking subway line A toward Valle Aurelia and getting off at the Lepanto stop. Access to the museum is via a spiral staircase inside the shop.
The museum showcases relics and reconstructed sets from several Argento classics including Dèmoni, Phenomena, La chiesa, and La sindrome di Stendhal. The exhibits feature actual monsters and props from these films, with the sets carefully reconstructed around the relics to recreate the original horror atmosphere.
Yes, the museum includes horror objects and reconstructions from films by other Italian and international directors. Notable exhibits include a recreation of Freddy Krueger from the Nightmare series and the head of a rhinoceros from Federico Fellini's E la nave va.
Visitors will experience a dimly lit corridor with small rooms enclosed by iron gates, each containing horror relics from films. The atmosphere is enhanced by chilling sounds and noises throughout, and the experience concludes with a scare trick involving a bewitched mirror performed by a museum companion.
Profondo Rosso is a horror-themed shop opened by legendary director Dario Argento in Rome's Prati district. The shop serves as the home to his Museum of Horrors in the basement, making it a pilgrimage site for horror film enthusiasts and fans of Argento's influential work in cinema.

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