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After marrying the young underworld leader, he tragically passed away in a car accident just three months later. At the funeral, she was pressured to relinquish control of the gang. Suddenly returning from years abroad, the second young master appeared. To her astonishment, he looked exactly like her passed-away husband!

This is a spooky found footage suspense film created by Allison Dayne. She is an award winning film maker. Her latest film she wrote A King's Curtain has won best film at LA Film Shorts and Burbank International Film Festival - it's off to many more festivals as we watch this film. This is Allison's first vertical and wanted to create a suspenseful journey for audiences everywhere. Enjoy! TRIGGER WARNING - The following film contains material that may be harmful to audiences. *This entry is participating in the ReelShort Reel Vertical Impact contest

When high school swim team captain Aidan Crew loses his essential after-school job due to his rich bully Will Harrison standing up for him to his boss, he has no idea how he's going to pay his mother's substantial medical bills and rebuild his college fund. Then Will offers Aidan a humiliating, but lucrative job as his pool boy. Aidan reluctantly takes the gig and the two start to fall for one another. But they must navigate the hatred between their families and vicious school bullies, while protecting the secret of Aidan's pool boy gig and the feelings building between them.

Joyce Pike takes her mother-in-law, Grace, to her husband's fancy restaurant invested by her, only to discover they serve pre-made meals. Seeking justice, she faces humiliation from her husband's mistress. But Joyce is ready to fight back.

On her first day of work, the CEO's wife is mistaken for someone else, prompting her to play dumb. Her cover remains intact until the nation's wealthiest man arrives to search for his relative, inadvertently revealing her secret identity...

Before dying, 40-year-old Lin Chuxue learns that her husband, Lu Mingzhe, never truly loved her and their son, Lu Xuan, favors his father’s former lover, Su Yun. Reborn into the seventh year of her marriage, Lin Chuxue initiates a forced divorce, which must undergo China's mandatory 30-day cooling-off period. During this time, she joins Professor Wang’s team in Shanghai to tackle advanced brain cancer.

She was injured and blinded in an accident, becoming an orphan. Her uncle, greedy for her parents' inheritance, pretended to adopt her. When they found out she didn't know where the inheritance was, they quickly married her off to a seriously ill tycoon. On their wedding day, she was humiliated and injured by her cousin but unexpectedly regained her sight. Upon seeing her mother-in-law having an affair, she continued to pretend to be blind. While acting pitiful and obedient at home, she was a formidable businesswoman outside, eventually becoming the CEO of a company. A billionaire of the partner company fell in love with her at first sight, , unaware that they were actually married for years but had never met each other...

In an era where Divine Cores awaken, high schooler Wyatt Mercer awakens the lowest of the low — a Grade-F God of Gastronomy. Mocked and expelled from the academy, he's left with only one mission: save his gravely ill sister, Cora. To survive, he sets up a stall selling stinky tofu. But when a customer's Core unexpectedly strengthens after eating his food, Mercer discovers his secret power — whoever eats his cooking with satisfaction signs a pact, lending him their divine power. From there, Mercer rises through the ranks, and proves that even the weakest god can feed the strongest — and make them kneel as well.

A wealthy heir conceals his identity and falls in love with his girlfriend. Following a tragic car accident that leaves him in a vegetative state, his girlfriend stays by his side, unwavering in her devotion. Eight years later, he finally wakes up...

She was originally an heiress, but married him, a man with nothing, just because he saved her life. She concealed her identity, secretly helping him to start from scratch, only to be abandoned by him. After their divorce, she no longer hides her identity and is pursued madly by a big shot.

Melina Gibson, a famous billionaire, lost everything, even her life, all due to misplaced trust. Only when faced with death did she realize Taylor Sutton, the man once engaged to her daughter Millie, should've been the right choice for a son-in-law. Melina was reborn and taken back to a decade ago, before Millie's engagement with Jaxson Perry, the man who killed her. Touched by Taylor's kindness in her previous life, Melina now swore to protect and help him at all cost, despite Millie's disdain towards him. Conflicts arose between Melina and Milllie as Millie insists on being with Jaxson, oblivious to his motives. After many trials, Melina finally helped her daughter realize what a great man Taylor is. Together, they brought Jaxson to justice and started a new life.