Deke Trenton thought he knew pain. He was wrong. Trapped inside a makeshift clinic where the staff enjoys their work and the patients don’t leave, Deke is put through a series of treatments that get worse every time. There are no rules. There is no mercy. And the man who put him there? His own brother, Bennie.
Now it’s not about getting out. It’s about how long he lasts.
Dead Right II
You’re going to be dying a very long time…MICHAEL MARTIN
CHRIS CAIRO
MITCHELL MARTIN
PATTY MARTIN
MARCUS MARTIN
GINO VIGIL
Isaul Beltran
Nathan Blonkenfeld
Steven Boren
Richard Castromayor
Daryl Della
Dorothy Della
Hank Della
Henry Della
Nina Della
Tyler Della
Donald Flores
Graham Koffler
Mariana Kwok
George Martin
Patty Martin
Joshua Nair
Ryan Neisz
Patrick Nyberg
Lorenzo Ocon
Jennifer Olsen-Davis
Kirsten Olsen-Davis
Eric Passetti
Ray Revello
Rob Ruiz
Justin Sterling
Katrina Maria Zarate
SIERRA RUSSELL
RAY REVELLO
MITCHELL MARTIN
DARYL DELLA
MICHAEL MARTIN
GEORGE MARTIN
DARYL DELLA
KIRSTEN OLSEN-DAVIS
GOPRO HD HERO
RANCHO CORDOVA, CA
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA
Henry & Dorothy Della
George & Patty Martin
Frank Revello
Pete & Pam Martin
Denise Martin
Vicky Edgington
Kirsten Olsen-Davis
Lisa Hickey
Tyler Della
Jonathan Cairo
Ryan Neisz
Joseph Martinez
House of Shields
Orange County Harley-Davidson
Mike Novak
Bill Bogert
Alfonso's Breakaway Glass
Studio Props, Inc.
Dodge the Dog
Poster by Craig Paton
Deke Trenton (Michael Martin) wakes in a filthy clinic with a chemical fog in his veins and metal cuffs on his wrists. Standing over him is Nurse Bobo (Becker Von Felsburg), a soft spoken creep with dead eyes and a camera. Somewhere deeper in the clinic, the Surgeon (Gino Vigil) sharpens his tools. This isn’t the streets anymore. This is captivity.
Deke Trenton (Michael Martin) wakes in a filthy clinic with a chemical fog in his veins and metal cuffs on his wrists. Standing over him is Nurse Bobo (Becker Von Felsburg), a soft spoken creep with dead eyes and a camera. Somewhere deeper in the clinic, the Surgeon (Gino Vigil) sharpens his tools. This isn’t the streets anymore. This is captivity.
Characters
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DEKE TRENTON
MICHAEL MARTIN
Captured in a makeshift hospital room, Deke faces unimaginable torment at the hands of Nurse Bobo and the Surgeon. -
NURSE BOBO
BECKER VON FELSBURG
A twisted and sadistic accomplice of the Surgeon, blending a cold professionalism with a deeply unsettling glee for inflicting pain. -
the Surgeon
GINO VIGIL
A methodical and merciless hitman, infamous for his grotesque methods. The Surgeon treats his victims as unwilling patients in his macabre operating room. -
Bennie Trenton
MITCHELL MARTIN
A confident and conniving menace, Bennie visits his captive brother Deke to gloat and unveil the twisted plan that brought him to ruin. -
The captain
CHRIS CAIRO
Years of brutal experiments by the Surgeon left the Captain crippled and crawling through the grim corridors of captivity. -
Arthur Trenton
MARCUS MARTIN
Deke and Bennie’s late father, whose fractured legacy looms large, shrouded in unanswered questions and secrets.
Behind the Scenes
The Challenge of Raising the Stakes
Coming off the high of the first Dead Right premiere, the Dollars & Donuts crew faced an uphill battle with Dead Right II. Hank, Daryl Della's father and screenwriter, handed him the sequel script just a week after the premiere, and the team's initial reaction was a mix of excitement and trepidation. "How the hell are we going to do this?" was Michael Martin’s first sentiment, especially given the script’s ambitious demands: a hospital setting, intricate fight scenes, and complex effects.
The Cast and Crew: New and Familiar Faces
Becker Von Felsburg stepped into the role of Nurse Bobo, a bizarre and unsettling character written with him in mind. Becker’s performance blended dark humor with a creepy intensity, perfectly complementing the film's tone. Christopher Cairo took on a new role as the Captain, a legless, grizzled character brought to life through inventive makeup effects and physical acting. To achieve the illusion of missing legs, Cairo folded his own legs back and endured grueling shoots crawling across hard surfaces, often resulting in bruises, splinters, and plenty of laughs.
The Premiere
After months of hard work, Dead Right II premiered to a packed theater of 239 seats, marking a major milestone for the team. Seeing their film on the big screen for the first time was a dream realized. The audience’s energy, laughter, and gasps validated the crew’s blood, sweat, and tears, cementing the sequel as a fan favorite among the Dollars & Donuts productions.
Building the World: From Warehouse to South Lake Tahoe
Creating the sequel's grim, gritty atmosphere required ingenuity. Michael Martin’s uncle offered the use of his warehouse, allowing the team to construct a hospital set from scratch. This included a false roof, breakable windows, and a green screen. Overseeing the operation like a project manager, Michael meticulously organized tasks and managed the logistics, often jokingly referred to as "stressing himself into ulcers."
The set's design emphasized cold, stark lighting to enhance the bleak tone. Ray Revello served as the lighting technician, ensuring the moody visuals remained consistent. The hospital room, as grim as it appears onscreen, became the site of some of the most memorable moments in the film, including the infamous window jump.
The Physical and Emotional Toll
The physical demands of the production were immense. Cairo endured hours in the makeup chair, transforming into the Captain with prosthetics and contact lenses that left his eyes sore for days. Michael Martin, who played Deke, suffered repeated nosebleeds during intense shooting days,
One of the most memorable sequences involved the window jump. Despite the fake glass and safety precautions, Michael insisted on using a mattress for protection, much to the crew’s mockery.
The Secret Origin of Nurse Bobo
Years after Dead Right II, Becker Von Felsburg finally returned to one of its strangest characters.
Nurse Bobo had always seemed to arrive fully formed, a cheerful, chemically altered assistant to the Surgeon with very little explanation for how he got there. Becker had carried an origin story for the character for years, and when Daryl invited him to write a story for Dollars & Donuts Showcase Vol. 2, he knew exactly which loose end he wanted to follow.
The resulting comic traces Bobo’s journey from an unsuspecting medical-school graduate backpacking through Tibet to his first encounter with the Surgeon and the beginning of the twisted partnership seen in Dead Right II. Naturally, that is not quite where the story ends.
Read “The Secret Origin of Nurse Bobo” in Dollars & Donuts Showcase Vol. 2, Issue #3.
THE COMIC BOOK
An actual real-life PHYSICAL COPY! The third issue of Dollars & Donuts Showcase packs explosive endings, strange beginnings, and reality-bending mysteries all into 48 pages of comic mayhem. This collection of pulpy tales dives deeper into the chaos and intrigue of the Dollars & Donuts universe. From the streets of South San Francisco to the shadowy corners of a ramshackle hospital, these stories offer action, humor, and a touch of the unexpected.