Make Movies
Like They
Used To.
Founded in 2017, Retro-Active Pictures (LLC) is an independent content house focused on creating impactful, original stories that “feel like the classics.”
“Your Night (With Hughie Gulliver)” (2024)
In Pre-Production
“In The Small Hours” (2024)
In Pre-Production
Retro-Active Pictures:
Passing (2021)
Months after losing his older brother in a tragic accident, 14-year-old Jesse finds himself home alone for the weekend with a list of chores to do as grief looms over the house…in the disturbing form of a Shadow-figure; A Shadow-Figure who loves Spaghetti-O’s. Teen and Specter form an unlikely bond in this horror-inspired, silent, drama-comedy about loss, growth, and friendship.
Winner of the Best Director, Best Writer, Best Editor and the Scott Welles Golden Reel Award at the UC Santa Barbara 2021 Reel Loud Film Festival. Written and directed by Jake Marone.
Passing (2021) Poster - Chase Gray (2021)
Retro-Active Pictures:
D1GITS (2018)
Elliot Danvers is like any high schooler. Or at least, he was. After accidentally swapping phones with Charlie Demco, hitman on the run, Elliot finds himself on an action-packed adventure. Will he leave his teenage world behind for a life on the run? Or will he finally get the chance to win the affection of the girl of his dreams?
Best Picture Winner of the Agoura High School Film Festival 2018. Written and directed by Jake Marone and Sam Bevill.
Behind The Scenes.
A closer look at what it took to make D1GITS (2018): a 56-Hour, 12-Location, No-Budget, Action-Comedy produced and coordinated by teenagers.
On-Set photography by Max Sever.
D1GITS Poster #1 - Chase Gray (2018)
D1GITS Poster #2 - Chase Gray (2018)
Retro-Active Pictures:
First Issue (2017)
A comic-reading teen named Luke is unknowingly followed home by a mysterious Stranger shortly after purchasing The Dark Dimension, a cryptic single issue. Scared and confused, Luke and his best friends soon discover that they are involved in something much darker than they anticipated, and that the Stranger may not be exactly who they think he is…
Best Picture Winner of the Agoura High School Film Festival 2017. Written and directed by Sam Bevill.