The poster of the cast between a woman's legs is a spoof of the icnonic poster for the Roger Moore Bond film For Your Eyes Only (1981). Jane Seymour starred in Roger Moore's first Bond film Live and Let Die (1973).
In the bar scene, Kali Hawk is wearing a gray "Howell University" shirt. Marlon Wayans' father is named Howell Wayans.
Unlike A Haunted House and its sequel, this film follows very close to the film adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey.