unlike tinseltown version of hello and dolly . and jay presson allen screen adaptation of ira levin hit broadway thriller couldn not wait for it stage incarnation to shutter before put it up on the silver screen and so producer wisely decide to make the most of it lengthy white way run . the film opening and closing scene be shot inside new york intimate music box theater where deathtrap play for nearly five year . even the film final fadeout on the theatre marquee be a version of the stageplay famous logo . ( although marketeers decide to go with a more fun rubik cube icon for the movie . ) now on a low price dvd release and deathtrap seem just a fresh and inventinve a ever . the cast be just right ( good than their stage counterpart ) and location scout should be applaud for find a suitably spooky house for our one room and two act thriller to take place in . open up in surprisingly simple and innovative way and director sidney lumet wisely tags any new material onto the beginning and end of the film and leave levin wickedly twisty center alone . the film last scene be a major hollywood departure from the board and and slightly undermines one of levin plot point from early in the film [ helga ( about a dagger ) represent will be use by another woman because of play . ] . like robert altman the player and however and our new finale help the film fold in on itself once again and blur the line between stage and screen and and ( could it be . ) real life .