"The Exorcist: Believer" is here to scare a new generation of horror fans.

The film's director, David Gordon Green, and producer, Jason Blum, explained how excited they are to continue the story of the 1973 horror classic.

"The original is obviously a monumental classic film, from 50 years ago, and it holds up exactly how it did then today," Green explained. 

"We've taken a lot of influence from that movie. There are some threads of nostalgia there, but then we also wanted to make sure our film felt contemporary, it felt relevant to today, to today's culture — asking questions of spirituality and community, that our community is asking today."

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One of the main things from the original film Blum felt was key to get right in the new movie "was the feeling" moviegoers had when they walked out of the theater in 1973 of being "shaken to their core" from what they had just seen. In his opinion, they "achieved that" by bringing Ellen Burstyn back, as well as casting Leslie Odom Jr. and Ann Dowd.

In their effort to "reinvent" the movie, they centered the plot around two girls, Katherine and Angela, who disappear into the woods, only to return three days later with no memory of what happened in those three days. As the girls continue to show signs of possession, one of their fathers calls on Chris MacNeil for help because she went through the same thing with her daughter 50 years earlier.

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Aside from Burstyn, Dowd and Odom Jr., the movie also stars Jennifer Nettles, Raphael Sbarge, Olivia O'Neill and Lidya Jewett.

When the original movie was released, audiences were reportedly walking out of theaters because it was too scary, with some even fainting and getting sick over what was on the screen. Aside from the original film, Green and Blum took inspiration from the horror movies that first sparked their interest in the genre.

"'The Shining' was always something that was always the taboo," Green said. "I was 5 years old when it came out. I probably saw it when I was 10 or 12."

"'Friday the 13th.' I was too young, I saw it alone. I didn't see a horror movie for a long time after I saw it, and it really, really upset me," Blum said. "I also think that it did something to my DNA, and it got me compelled by horror. It was amazing that you could watch a movie, and it could have that kind of effect for such a long time."

Blum is the founder and CEO of Blumhouse Productions, a production company that produces high-quality movies on a tighter budget. The company has produced many successful films in the horror genre, including "Paranormal Activity" and its sequels, "Insidious" and its sequels, "The Purge" and its sequels, "Hush" and the three most recent "Halloween" movies and "M3gan."

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"The Exorcist: Believer" was originally scheduled to release Oct. 13, which happens to be Friday the 13th, the optimal date to release a horror movie. Plans changed however when Taylor Swift announced she would be releasing the Eras Tour concert movie the same day.

"Obviously, we moved off that [date], and we bowed our head to Taylor Swift," Blum told Entertainment Weekly in September. "It was too risky to see if 'Exorswift' was going to take or not. People will still have the Exorswift opportunity, so maybe we got to have our cake and eat it too." 

"The Exorcist: Believer" is scheduled to release in theaters Oct. 6.

Fox News' Ashley Dvorkin contributed to this report 

A handyman with experience removing squatters said he helped an older woman reclaim her Hollywood home from Iron Chef winner and former judge Adam Fleischman, who she claimed was living there rent-free.

After the woman, Claudia, contacted him, Flash Shelton went to the house and confronted Fleischman for living in the home since May without ever paying rent. The handyman filmed the situation and posted it to his YouTube channel, hoping media attention would encourage the Umami Burger founder to move out. 

Fleischman confirmed to Fox News that he left the house on Oct. 2 and no longer lives in the home.

"I asked him if he felt that he owed her any money and if he realizes that he has basically broken this woman," Shelton told Fox News Digital, adding that Claudia has said she’s facing bankruptcy. "He just says that it's not his fault."

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Fleischman said he had intended "to pay rent and to be a normal tenant," but hasn’t because he wasn’t given a lease when he moved in. He said he did not consider himself a squatter. 

"I haven’t paid rent because intentionally she wouldn’t provide keys or an agreement, etc. etc.," he told Fox News Digital in a text. "Landlords or those renting a room have responsibilities."

"She did not ask for rent for the first 2-3 months," Fleischman added. "I figured she had some credit or something."

Claudia told Fox News Digital she believes "the system is broken" since she couldn't remove Fleischman without going to court.

"We kept telling him for months to leave, but he refuses, and the police say it's illegal to make him leave or to lock him out," she said.

"He has paid no deposit, no rent, has no lease or any keys," Claudia, who says she’s rented the home for 29 years, added before he moved out.

Fleischman left after Shelton discovered the chef would have to take him to civil court if he were to lock the door, the handyman told Fox News Digital. 

Claudia said she has a medical condition that’s exacerbated by stress. Fox News Digital agreed to withhold her last name since she fears media attention will harm her health.

Claudia said she posted an ad on Craigslist in the spring — with permission of the homeowner — to help find people to pay the rent. After Fleischman responded to the ad, the two made an agreement to host dinner parties and charge per plate at the home with a pleasant view to generate income.

The homeowner did not respond to repeated requests for comment.

"He said a partnership with us would pay all for the entire home," Claudia said.

"I felt if he's had that much success, maybe he knows how to be successful," she said in one of Shelton’s videos. 

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Claudia did not provide Fleischman with a lease. Another tenant, Tiffany Workman, said she wasn’t provided with one either because Claudia told her "she goes off of her heart."

Claudia said Fleischman did not pay her after the first event, which she said took place around April, and afterward realized he used her credit card to buy supplies for it. When she confronted him for money the night of the event, he told her she would have to wait for the next event, according to Claudia.

Fleischman denied using her card. Claudia provided Fox News Digital with a bank statement showing a disputed charge on her account with a note saying it’s under investigation. 

"He did not pay me, and he used my credit card and forged my signature to buy the food for the event, and I knew I was in trouble," Claudia said. "He was just a con man."

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Fleischman told Fox News Digital that Claudia’s accusation was "made-up stuff from a crazy person." He also said they got along well for the first three months.

Although he admits to not paying rent, Fleischman told Fox News Digital he contributed to utilities and "house expenses."

Claudia said she struggled to find other tenants because of Fleischman.

"Because he’s there, I pay triple rent because no one else will rent if he’s in my house," Claudia, 62, said before Fleischman left. "Being elderly, recently losing my spouse and having a brain injury from an auto accident is overwhelming enough, and now this nightmare that I have to face alone." 

When asked why he decided to stay in the home after Claudia asked him to leave, Fleischman said: "How is four months so long? Baffled." 

"It’s not like I’ve been here for years," he added.

Shelton, who once successfully removed squatters from his mother’s home, said he helped Claudia free of charge.

"I asked [Fleischman] if he had any guilt whatsoever, felt any obligation to her and he said, ‘Absolutely not,’" Shelton told Fox News Digital. "I'm just trying to understand where his head is and how he could live like this."

The celebrity chef pointed out that he wasn’t given a lease or keys.

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"Well, this isn't really a full tenancy," Fleischman said. "Therefore, I'm not going to pay full rent for something where I'm not given a real tenancy."

In his video, Shelton included footage from cameras placed around the house that show Fleischman telling two men "after she dies, I’ll give you guys first shot at the rooms."

Another video Shelton posted shows Los Angeles Police Department officers giving the handyman permission to place cameras around the house so long as he doesn’t film in the bedroom Fleischman occupies. LAPD also told Claudia she couldn’t prevent him from getting access and that they couldn’t help her because the situation is a civil matter.

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"The city of Los Angeles, with the tenancy laws, how they operate, it could take months," one police officer told Claudia in the video. "I know that’s not what you want to hear, but it's the reality of it."

"As far as the crew, if they can try their methods and see if that works," the officer said in reference to Shelton, trailing off.

An LAPD spokesperson told Fox News Digital that the situation is a "civil matter," but didn’t comment further.

Fleischman has not been accused of or charged with any criminal conduct.

Shelton said he’s raising money on GoFundMe to pay for costs to help others remove squatters.

"The GoFundMe is for her and others but also goes to funding efforts to change squatter laws and help everyone," Shelton said.

The hospitality group SBE took a majority stake in Umami Burger in 2016, according to Nation’s Restaurant News. Fleischman opened a new restaurant, Slow Burn, in 2022, but it closed its doors without explanation weeks after opening, according to Eater Los Angeles.

"It's a shame for that to happen to anyone, and I don't wish that on anyone," Shelton said. "It doesn't give you a reason to tear somebody else down."