In Wrong Turn: 10:24 Hours, the story begins with a group of five college friends traveling through rural West Virginia on their way to a music festival. Their trip takes a dark turn when their GPS reroutes them down an unfamiliar mountain road just as dusk begins to fall. A sudden landslide traps their van between fallen trees, forcing them to continue on foot. With no cell service and night closing in, the group reluctantly searches for help, unaware that they have stepped into territory marked by something far more dangerous than the wilderness itself.
As they hike deeper into the forest, they discover a series of strange wooden symbols carved into the trees, along with abandoned traps scattered across the ground. Tension grows as the group realizes they are being watched. When one of them disappears without a sound, panic spreads. They decide to follow a narrow trail leading to an old mining settlement, hoping to find shelter. The settlement, however, is deserted and unsettlingly quiet, with remnants of long-abandoned cabins and signs that someone—or something—has been living there recently.
The film’s central terror unfolds when the friends learn they are being hunted by a new clan of mutated mountain dwellers who have evolved into silent, vicious predators. Unlike previous Wrong Turn antagonists, these killers rely on stealth and precision, attacking with eerie coordination. The survivors discover an old clock tower in the settlement that still works, revealing a chilling truth carved into the wall: “Survive 10:24 Hours and you may leave.” It becomes clear that the clan uses the settlement as a hunting ground, giving intruders a time limit that turns survival into a twisted game.
Fear turns to desperation as the group tries to outsmart their hunters, using the abandoned mines and underground tunnels to hide. Friendships fracture under pressure, and each hour becomes deadlier than the last. Betrayal, grief, and sheer terror push the remaining survivors to their limits as they confront the horrifying rituals the clan uses to mark their territory and control their prey. The ticking clock becomes a constant reminder that time is both their enemy and their only hope.
As dawn approaches, the final survivors discover a hidden exit path guarded by the clan’s leader, a towering figure who has adapted to the darkness with near-superhuman senses. The confrontation is brutal and desperate, leaving the fate of the survivors uncertain until the very last moments. When the clock reaches 10:24 hours, the forest suddenly falls silent, offering a sliver of hope and a haunting question of whether the survivors truly escaped or merely became part of the legend.
In the end, Wrong Turn: 10:24 Hours delivers relentless tension, unforgettable atmosphere, and a chilling reinvention of the franchise’s survival-horror roots.
