This short is rarely seen in its entirety nowadays as it contains a scene in which Mickey imitates Al Jolson's infamous blackface routine and says "Mammy!" Controversial by today's standards, this was a fairly standard joke when the short debuted in 1929.
"The Haunted House" from 1929 reuses much of the Skeleton's animation from the 1929 Silly Symphony Cartoon "The Skeleton Dance".
"The Haunted House" from 1929 is the last Mickey Mouse cartoon to be distributed by Celebrity Productions.