review for Hillbillys in a Haunted House on AllMovie

One sequence in particular betrays Hillbillys in a Haunted House's true goal: that of presenting a series of then-popular country music acts. In the scene, our three exhausted travelers -- entertainers Ferlin Husky and Joi Lansing and their business manager, Don Bowman -- have all settled down for the night in the dilapidated and possibly ghostly Old Beauregard Mansion. The latter decides to pass the time with a bit of television and the movie grinds to a complete halt while the movie audience watch him watching a couple of music acts. It is all very silly -- and how could an obvious drive-in potboiler like this be anything but? -- but considering the appallingly sad state of such horror movie icons as Basil Rathbone (in his final performance), John Carradine, and Lon Chaney Jr., Hillbillys in a Haunted House is also quite depressing. Not coincidentally, the hayseed comedy proved veteran director Jean Yarbrough's final theatrical release.