The undead Cholo was hurled away by the blast.Riley""s strategy was to blow the electrical fences, but when they arrived there inDead Reckoning, it looked like they were already too late to save survivors - zombies were feasting on the human flesh of dozens of bodies.Their wagon soon reaches the northern bank of the Red River - across which is Texas.[This is the first occurrence of the ""Red River"" of the film""s title.The second instance comes later in the film, when the cattle are herded across during the drive.] Hours after leaving the main wagon rain, they turn and see clouds of black smoke rising into the sky on the distant horizon in about the same location as the wagon train hey just left.As she prepared a meal for them, Billy searched for a chisel and hammer o break their chains off their wrists.The basis of the film came from the 1921Saturday Evening Posttwo-part short story "The Song of the Dragon" by John Taintor Foote.