Oscar-winning screenwriter Brian Helgeland was hired to write the film after being recommended by Robert Englund, for whom he penned the screenplay to Englund's directorial debut 976 - Chiamata per il diavolo (1988). The film had a release date set, but no script or director, and Helgeland was hired under the condition that he could deliver the script within seven days. He was advised by New Line Cinema head Robert Shaye that if the script came in a day late, they didn't want it. Helgeland then flew home to Massachusetts for Christmas and wrote the script sitting at his father's kitchen table. He FedExed the finished screenplay back to Los Angeles and made his deadline. Based on this script, director Renny Harlin signed on, and the film marks Helgeland's first screen credit. Though "976-EVIL" was his first produced screenplay, it was released after this movie.

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