Screamify Launches Christian Horror Category — and We're Open to Submissions
There's a corner of the horror genre that has always lived a little outside the main conversation. Possession stories. Faith-versus-evil thrillers. Films where the threat isn't just physical — it's spiritual, and the stakes are the soul. We've decided it's time that corner had its own shelf.
Starting June 1st, Screamify is officially launching a brand-new programming category: Christian Horror. And the debut title we're opening it with is one of the most talked-about chamber-piece horror films of the last decade — Nefarious (2023), starring Sean Patrick Flanery.
▶ Watch the Nefarious Trailer on YouTube
A Genre With a Long Tradition
Christian horror isn't a new invention. It's a thread that runs through some of the most enduring horror cinema of the last fifty years — The Exorcist, The Omen, The Rite, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Stigmata, The Possession of Hannah Grace, and dozens more. The films range across denominations and tones, but they share a common engine: the idea that evil is real, that something is on the other side of it, and that the characters fighting back are doing more than just running and screaming.
Until now, no horror-focused streaming platform has chosen to give those films their own dedicated shelf. The titles existed — they just lived scattered across other categories, easy to miss if you were specifically looking for them. We thought that was worth fixing.
The new Christian Horror row on Screamify is exactly what it sounds like: a curated home for possession films, exorcism stories, faith-versus-evil thrillers, supernatural horror with explicit spiritual stakes, and contemporary entries pushing the form forward. Our job isn't to tell anyone what to believe — it's to make sure horror fans who love this corner of the genre can finally find the films they're looking for in one place.
Why Nefarious Is the Right Film to Open With
If you're going to launch a category, you launch it with a film that argues for itself. Nefarious does that.
One room. Two men. Three hours until the chair. And only one of them is human.
On the morning of his execution, convicted serial killer Edward Wayne Brady gets a last psychiatric evaluation. The state needs court-appointed psychiatrist Dr. James Martin to confirm Brady is sane enough to die. Brady has a different agenda. He calmly tells Martin he isn't a man at all — he's a demon named Nefarious — and before the day is over, the doctor will commit three murders of his own.
What follows is one of the most unnerving chamber-piece horror films we've seen in years. Sean Patrick Flanery — The Boondock Saints, Saw 3D — gives the performance of his career as Brady, or whatever is wearing him. Jordan Belfi plays the skeptic in the chair across from him as the floor slowly drops out from under his certainty. It's 97 minutes of psychological cat-and-mouse, written and directed by Cary Solomon and Chuck Konzelman, based on Steve Deace's novel A Nefarious Plot.
The production has its own legend attached: eight car accidents involving cast and crew, repeated equipment failures, electrical issues, a fire alarm that wouldn't stop tripping, and an on-set blessing the directors talk about openly in interviews. Take that as filmmaker storytelling or take it as something stranger — the film itself plays like it remembers. It's patient, quiet, and genuinely scary.
Screamify is the only horror streaming platform hosting Nefarious. Of every horror-focused streamer out there, this film is landing on exactly one of them — ours. That's a quiet milestone we're proud of, and it sets the bar for what we want this new category to look like.
We're Now Accepting Submissions
Here's the other half of the news: we want this category to grow, and we're opening submissions to filmmakers and producers working in the space.
If you've made — or are finishing — a film that fits the Christian horror tradition, we want to hear from you. That includes:
- Possession and exorcism stories
- Faith-versus-evil thrillers (any denomination, any era)
- Supernatural horror with explicit spiritual stakes
- Contemporary entries pushing the form forward (chamber pieces, slow-burns, folk-horror crossovers)
- Indie, micro-budget, festival darlings, completed shorts and features alike
We're particularly interested in work from independent filmmakers and producers who haven't found a clean streaming home for their film. Screamify is built by filmmakers, for horror fans, and we've been intentional about programming films that get overlooked elsewhere — this category is an extension of that.
How to submit: Send a title, logline, runtime, completion status, screener link (Vimeo, FrameIO, Drive), and your rights/distribution status to sean@screamify.com. Use the subject line "Christian Horror Submission — [Film Title]" so it routes to the right place. Shorts, features, and series all welcome.
We'll review and respond. If your film is a fit, we'll talk licensing.
Mark Your Calendar
Nefarious streams on Screamify starting Sunday, June 1st. Available on iOS, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Android TV, and Fire TV — wherever you watch us, it'll be there.
The Christian Horror category goes live the same day, with Nefarious as the headliner and more titles rolling in as the shelf builds out. If you're a filmmaker who belongs on it, the door is open.
We'll see you Sunday.
— Chaz
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