After numerous failed attempts to commit suicide, our hero (Lloyd) runs into a lawyer who is looking for a stooge to stand in as a groom in order to secure an inheritance for his client (Davis). The inheritance is a house, which her scheming uncle "haunts" so that he can scare them off and claim the property.
Stunts
Lloyd performed his own gags, including near-misses with real obstacles.
Practical Effects
Haunted house effects built physically—no CGI, all ingenuity.
Acting
Lloyd's 'Glasses' character: optimism personified with perfect timing.

Director
Hal Roach
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lloyd lost two fingers in a 1919 prop bomb accident; watch his right hand—he's hiding it with clever blocking.
Haunted house comedies exploded after WWI as audiences processed trauma through safe, silly scares—this is peak escapist architecture.