Leah Simmons

(605) 359-4627

Leah is a genre writer from South Dakota specializing in horror and sci-fi that ranges from the deep exploration of humanity's darker nature to laugh out loud funny.

Honors & Awards

Omaha Film Festival - Feature Finalist - WEREWOLVES CAN SUCK IT! - 2024

Launch Pad Feature Script Contest - Top 100 - PRO LIFE - 2024

The Women's Lab - Quarterfinalist - GERMINATION - 2024

non-WGA

Female, 40+

GERMINATION

Horror Feature

In the wake of a family tragedy, a fiercely independent woman reluctantly assumes guardianship of her pregnant teenage niece. But as the details of her sister's grisly death come to light, she discovers that the thing growing inside her niece is not only alien, but infectious.

LAST LAUGH

Contained Horror Feature

A woman placed in a high-tech prison that allows users to tandem into their bodies for free rein must escape and exact revenue on the one person who's purchased every available session of her sentence: the man responsible for her sister's murder.

THE LOCKSMITH

Horror Feature

After witnessing a grisly murder, a woman discovers she is the last of thirteen victims being stalked by a masked killer collecting the mysterious key each has surgically implanted inside their body.

Character-driven, Female-centric, Queer, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Horror, Dark, Snarky

Female, 40+

unrepped