As early as during the filming of the first "Ghost", Sam Remy had the idea of preparing a sequel. He hoped that the protagonist Ashe would travel back to the Middle Ages through time and space. The idea of "Ghost 3: Heroes of the Devil" was From this. After the release of "Ghost", Remy and the Coen brothers began to work on the crime comedy "The Insect Catch". Irving Shapiro, who was responsible for the promotion of "Ghost", once suggested to film "Ghost 2" first. , But it incurred Remy's ridicule. The latter hoped that "The Catch of Insects" would be a blockbuster, but Shapiro, who went his own way, released a sequel advertisement without authorization. After "The Catch of Insects" was released, the poor box office and reputation of the film quickly made Remy and producer Robert G. Tabert realize that their film career was getting worse, and the two finally decided to accept Shapiro's suggestion.
While preparing to make the film, Remy and Tabert met with the Italian filmmaker Dino de Laurentis, who is in charge of DEG Films, who had previously hoped that Remy would direct Stephen King’s "Skinny". "To Die", although Remy rejected it, de Laurentiis continues to pay attention to the young director's movements. De Laurentiis intends to make several popular novels by Stephen King into movies, and "Slim To Death" is part of the two-person deal. At the time, King was directing "Chariot of Fire" (adapted from the short story). Novel "Trucks"), a crew member told him that "Ghost 2" is facing funding problems. As the behind-the-scenes promoter who praised "Ghost" and helped the film shine in Cannes, King called De Lauren Tis, asked him to fund the filming. In the end, Remy and Tabert received a $3.6 million filming funding. Because it was 400,000 less than expected, they had to abandon the medieval scene.
Remy asked Scott Spiegel, who used the Super-8 camera to shoot movies as a child, to create the script for the film. Spiegel, who has always been keen on comedy, believes that the film should not continue to use the first strong and direct horror. style. According to the original idea, the five characters in the first scene will appear in the opening scene of the film. In order to shorten the cycle and save money, in the end, only Ash and Linda continue to appear in the sequel. During the writing of the script, Remy and Spiegel lived with the Coen brothers, Francis McDormand, Kathy Bates and Holly Hunter, acquainting the lives of their friends and participating in the filming of the film. It took Remy and Spiegel a long time to finish the script.
De Laurentis wanted the crew to shoot at the Wilmington studio he carefully built, but the film’s creator inevitably became nervous because he was nearby. In the end, the crew went to a three-hour drive from Wilmington. Wetsboro started filming, and Steven Spielberg had just finished "Purple" locally. The large white farmhouse in the film was used as the crew office for "Ghost 2".
