The most striking title in Screamify's July 1 slate is also the quietest on paper. The Spell, a 2019 supernatural feature from director Amit Dubey, arrives with the patient architecture of a classic domestic haunt. A couple moves into a new home, and the wife begins noticing things the walls should not hold. Her unease sharpens into discovery when she finds an old letter exposing a secret from her husband's past. That revelation lands at the worst possible moment: he is paralyzed and defenseless as a vengeful spirit closes in to claim him. At 80 minutes, the film leans on dread and buried history rather than spectacle, and its inclusion signals an outlet increasingly comfortable programming international horror alongside domestic fare.
The rest of the slate reads like a survey of the genre's working modes. 13 Fanboy (2021), directed by Deborah Voorhees and populated by familiar faces from Dee Wallace to Kane Hodder to Corey Feldman, turns the camera on horror fandom itself. Its premise follows Kelsie Voorhees, who as a child watched an obsessed fan murder her grandmother, and who must now face a killer still stalking the stars of the Friday the 13th pictures. The meta-slasher framing gives the film a self-aware edge that pairs oddly well with the earnestness of The Spell.
From there the tone widens. Bleed 4 Me (2021), directed by Joston Theney, sends demon hunter Ramona to recruit two retired warriors, Lady Jasmine and Lady Black, played by scream-queen veterans Brinke Stevens and Tiffany Shepis, after she learns the Devil intends to burn the Earth. It is the closest thing here to a supernatural action piece, and it runs a brisk 90 minutes.
The undead account for the heaviest share of the drop, and they arrive paired. Deadlocked (2020), directed by Josh Bailey, traps strangers in an elevator as a zombie virus erupts, forcing them to survive both the infected trapped inside with them and the horde waiting beyond the doors. Its new companion piece, Deadlocked: Dad of the Dead (2026), directed by Casey Jackson and featuring Derek Theler, Melissa Peterman, Eric Roberts, and Hayley Law, follows an anxious accountant caught in an outbreak while running his daughter's work errand. Barricaded in a restroom with strangers, he has to master his own fear to protect his kid. Screamify is presenting the two as a Deadlocked Double Feature, a small piece of programming logic that rewards viewers who take them in order.
Rounding out the group is Deadly Karma (2011), Jordon Hodges' revenge horror about a bullied young man named Sammy who finally breaks, and the tormentors who return five years later to meet the monster they made.
Taken together, the six films sketch horror's range across a single afternoon: a foreign haunt, a fan's obsession, a demonic reckoning, two zombie sieges, and a revenge cycle. All six are now streaming on Screamify.
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