The previous year Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis had made an uncredited gag appearance in Bing Crosby and Bob Hope's De Tanga e Sarongue (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.