Marcus Leighton

Screenwriter

Peoria, Illinois

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About Marcus

Aspiring screenwriter. I love horror, sci-fi and action, heck I love most all types of movies. I am the father of a great 10 year old girl who is starting to love movies and movie making as much as me! I got my first taste of movies when my father, a film producer, took me to see the original Friday the 13th at the age of 6. After that it was, The Entity, The Empire Strikes Back and even Gandhi. On my weekends with him, I would read through the stacks of screenplays he always had in the closet of his home office. Here I learned how to format scripts, along with many swear words! So far, I have had one screenplay produced and released independently on DVD, Pursuit of a Legend. It was a collaboration with my brother. There was no budget, a great cast and crew, and a grueling week in the snow packed woods of the midwest; it was the best time ever.

I am also an introvert trying to breath out of my shell just enough to start networking with people and pitching projects face to face.

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The Between Place Horror A boy finds the ability to step between time, slowing time and moving into the empty spaces hidden by time’s forward motion. Here, he finds sanctuary from his sadistic father, but unleashes a dark power he cannot control.
Hag Horror When a young boy falls under the curse of the Hag, he must fight the malevolent spirit before he succumbs to her will and takes a life, the life of his little brother.
WAYSTATION Budget: $1M - $5M | Horror When a teenage girl, frustrated at being kept away from the only tie to her deceased mother, her grandfather, inherits his home, she learns the truth behind the hauntings as well as her role as conductor for the waystation of the dead.
TRANSCENDING DARKNESS Thriller ⋄ Horror When mysteriously mutilated bodies start turning up across the city, a detective, who is overcoming tragedies of his own, starts to suspect the murderer is more sinister and otherworldly than anyone imagined.

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Pursuit of a Legend (2010)
Film (Horror, Mystery and Thriller) Writer On March 2, 2003 Crypto zoologist, Carter Wells and his brother, camera operator Justin Wells left home for the Widjigo Woods to film a documentary about a legendary creature who inhabited these woods. They were never seen again.
Station House (2010)
Film (Documentary) Writer A documentary film chronicling the real-life compassion, dedication, and extraordinary professionalism of the American Firefighter.
Pale Blood (1990)
Film (Horror) Actor A vampire pretender who is murdering women runs into a real vampire who is out to stop him because he is casting too much of a spotlight on the vampire community.