TULSA, OK —
In what critics are already calling “too real to be fiction,” Netflix has announced its first American horror series set entirely at the QuikTrip on 15th and Denver, the Tulsa location infamous for attracting what many locals describe as “a swirling portal of cracked-out chaos.”
Titled “Open 24: Horror Never Closes,” the eight-episode series will follow a rotating cast of employees, truckers, and unsuspecting customers as they attempt to survive a single night shift surrounded by zombie-eyed drug addicts, shrieking prophets, shirtless shadowboxers, and feral shopping cart jousters.
“We wanted something scarier than demons, ghosts, or exes,” said showrunner Margo Lint. “This place has all of that… plus $2 taquitos.”
Plot Summary
The pilot episode opens with a rookie employee, played by a trembling Hollywood unknown, being warned:
“Don’t look the regulars in the eye. Don’t open the bathroom. And if someone says ‘You got a charger?’ — run.”
Each episode explores new urban horrors, including:
- A meth-fueled woman who claims to be Jesus and asks to charge her vape in the ice cream freezer
- A man who’s been “just coming from Broken Arrow” for four years straight
- The haunted RedBox machine that only dispenses bootlegs of God’s Not Dead 2
Behind the Scenes
- Filming approach:
- Takes place overnight using only natural QuikTrip lighting and the ambient sound of shopping carts being slammed into glass
- Cast remains unscripted for “authentic terror,” with several actors already reported missing after “method acting” outside the dumpster for too long
- Local reaction:
- Some residents are excited to finally see their “favorite late-night crime vortex” get the recognition it deserves
- Others are demanding the station be cleansed with fire and gospel music
“We don’t even need to build a set,” said Lint. “We just roll cameras, buy a pack of smokes, and wait for the darkness to emerge.”
Netflix executives have reportedly greenlit Season 2 before filming even begins, citing the location’s “infinite narrative potential and unholy energy.”
At press time, the QuikTrip on 15th and Denver was open as usual, with one man aggressively brushing his teeth in the sink while another stared at the hot dog roller like it owed him money.
