角色之间的年龄差、身份差等反差萌设计，制造了有趣的戏剧效果和化学反应。Californiagoldrush,late1800's:Agunslingingbountyhunter(Mortimer)travelsdeepintothemountainstofindadeadlyApachewarrior(BrotherWolf)whoiswantedbythelaw.AlongthewayhepassesthroughagoldminingTown.TheminershelpdirectMortimertotheApacheandsendhimonhisway.MortimerenterstheforestandbeginstotracktheApache.Backintown,theminersun-earthanancientmeteor.Theyusetheirpickaxestocrackitopen.Asectionofthemeteorsplitsapartandsporesexplodeoutofit.Thesporesurroundandinfecttheentirepopulationoftheminingcamp.Theyaretransformedintoravenousmutants.AfteraviciousbattleagainsttheApachewarrior,Mortimerexitstheforestwithhisprisonerinshackles.Theyhikebacktotheminingtowntofindthemselvessurroundedbyahordeofbloodthirstymutants.NowMortimerthegunslingerandBrotherWolftheWarriormustjointogethertosurvivethemutanthordes.WhatensuesisabloodbathofhorrorfortheDeadandtheDamned.