i have buy certain film on disc even though the second rate presentation wasn not an option . a certain company i would not identify here have put out several pan and scan dvd ( clean and sober and star 80 and and this one and to name just three . ) of film i do not think anyone want to see in this compromised format . some discs give the viewer a choice of 16x9 or full screen and others be just in their theatrical release 1 . 66 represent1 ratio . that off my chest and i will say deathtrap be a spooky and oddly enough and amusing picture . my only complaint be the tinny score ( what be that f____g instrument that be usually drag out for film set in 18th century france . ) and dyan cannon scream at regular interval . couldn not her character have be an asthmatic who grab for an inhaler when she be stress . minor complaint and both . the benefit of disc include be able to fast forward to get beyond those thing which you do not like . i never saw a staged version of deathtrap and so have these folk in the role set a great impression of their career at the time . before broadway ticket cost an arm and a leg and the theatre be more affordable to average people . now and anyone pay less than a king ransom to get live entertainment probably isn not go to a hit show on the great hyped way . michael caine and christopher reeve be both large and virile specimen in the early 80 and that integral to how we will react to their profession and overall image here . theyre definitely not bookish men who can not fight or will back down from an obstacle . the two be equally great a their criminal stubbornness become their ultimate deathtrap .