Ad Cryptas

“Il teschio brilla nella notte” was an Italian board game for children aged 6 to 10 set in a haunted house. The winner of the game was the player who was the first to reach the end of the course after passing the four rooms of the house. A gimmick of the game was that inside the box there would be an audio cassette to listen to in the background during the game.

The musical commentary was commissioned to the musician Simonetta Frixi aka Ad Cryptas, who created a soundtrack for each of the rooms of the haunted house. Before being placed on the market, the board game was tested, together with the soundtrack, on a sample of children: the young players were all terrified by the atmosphere created by the music during the game. Concerned by this too intense reaction, the producers decided to exclude the audio commentary. Anyway, the game was a flop.

Thanks to the Docuvideo TV archives, HDK is pleased to offer you, for the first time, the unreleased soundtrack of “Il teschio brilla nella notte” by Simonetta Frixi.