Screamify, the independent horror streaming platform, today announced Scary Mary, a new original series under its Micro Horrors™ initiative, created by and starring content creator siblings Joshua Alden and Brandi Alden, and developed by the Screamify Originals team in Nashville, TN.
Scary Mary takes on the enduring urban legend that has haunted sleepovers, locker rooms, and dark bathrooms for generations — and twists it into something no one has seen before. Details on the series remain under wraps, but the project promises a fresh, genre-defying take on one of horror’s most iconic myths.
Joshua and Brandi Alden have spent the last six years building one of social media’s most recognizable horror comedy brands. Known online as Joshiiwuh, the sibling duo from Charlotte, North Carolina has amassed over 7 million followers across TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram with their signature brand of horror parodies — from reimagining how slasher villains behave in everyday life to skewering the tropes audiences know by heart. Their YouTube channel alone has surpassed 1.4 billion views.
With Scary Mary, the Aldens make the leap from short-form parody to original narrative horror — bringing their instinct for the genre, their audience, and their unmistakable sibling dynamic to a vertically formatted series built from the ground up for Screamify. Joshua Alden, a self-taught filmmaker and voice actor who directs, shoots, and edits all of the duo’s content, serves as creator and director. Brandi Alden, an accomplished singer, actor, and improv performer whose credits include an appearance in Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa, stars alongside her brother. The series is one of three original Micro Horrors™ projects slated to premiere on Screamify.
Additional installments include Autonomous, a 20-episode horror event set inside a real driverless vehicle currently operating on public roads, produced by Erin Áine and Kyle Valle of Big Squid Productions and starring Erin Áine and Domenic Jungling, as well as Game Night, a 24-episode slasher series written and directed by Trent Duncan of Venture Court Productions. Autonomous is also being featured in an episode of Behind the Screams, Screamify’s behind-the-scenes docuseries.
Micro Horrors™ represents a new storytelling format built specifically for mobile-native audiences — vertically shot, episodic horror designed for immersive viewing inside Screamify’s iOS and Android apps. The slate will roll out later this year exclusively on Screamify. With this initiative, Screamify continues to expand the boundaries of independent horror — redefining not only how horror is consumed, but where it can unfold. Independent Horror.
About Screamify
Screamify is an independent horror streaming platform dedicated exclusively to bold, original, and underrepresented voices in the genre. Featuring a growing curated library alongside Screamify Originals, the platform is pioneering new storytelling formats including its proprietary Micro Horrors™ — vertically shot episodic series designed specifically for immersive mobile viewing. Screamify is available on iOS and Android, with additional platform expansions underway
