The previous year Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis had made an uncredited gag appearance in Bing Crosby and Bob Hope's Der Weg nach Bali (1952). Hope and Crosby returned the favor with cameos in this film.
Although the film is considered Martin and Lewis's entry in the comedy-horror genre, the characters don't reach the haunted house until the 1 hour 18 minute mark, which amounts to only thirty minutes of thrills and chills.