Everyone has heard stories of nightmare roommates, says streaming columnist NICK OVERALL, but here are some real shockers… 

Whether rude, messy, creepy or worse, there’s nothing quite like a tale of someone reigning terror in your own home.

Well Netflix, as they do, has taken this idea and ramped it up to an extreme degree.

A documentary series on the platform called Worst Roommate Ever has hunted down the craziest true stories of bizarre and frightening roommates and assorted them into a collection of eight episodes.

In one of these stories, a young woman recounts the terrifying story of how her roommate tried to slowly poison her after getting on her will.

That’s just scratching the surface of this madness.

Another episode follows a group of teens who become the centre of a major investigation after discovering a suitcase of dismembered limbs.

I won’t spoil any more for those who want to watch, but there are plenty of these bizarre and baffling stories to get into, with the show just debuting its second season.

Unsurprisingly, the series has proven a major hit, tapping into a niche but very real anxiety about what someone might be up to in the room next door.

Might have to watch Friends or something after this one to restore some faith in living with others.

ARRIVING on Amazon Prime Video this month is one of 2023’s biggest flicks.

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is the prequel to the hit franchise about teens fighting for their lives in a showdown designed to entertain the ruling masses.

The Battle of Songbirds and Snakes follows the villain of the original Hunger Games, President Snow, and is set during the tenth Hunger Games some 64 years before the first film.

At this point in the story, Snow (Tom Blyth) is a well-to-do 18-year-old in the capital who enforces the Games. His loyalties become strained when he’s tasked with training a competitor whom he also falls in love with.

This blockbuster prequel opened to middling reviews compared to its predecessors, but fans of the franchise will likely find plenty of enjoyment in this entry to the saga.

Its release on streaming comes as Suzanne Collins, the author of The Hunger Games books, confirms she’s got another one in the works that will also be converted into a film.

The original quadrilogy of movies can be found on Amazon Prime Video, Netflix and Stan.

They’re well worth a watch or rewatch after the recent passing of Donald Sutherland, who played President Snow with a creepy and enigmatic charm. Rest in peace.

ALSO now streaming is one of the most lauded films of last year, The Zone of Interest.

Nominated for best picture and the winner of best international flick, it tells the story of Auschwitz Commandant Rudolf Höss, who tries to build a life with his family in a house right next door to the concentration camp.

A harrowing, fascinating and unconventional story, The Zone of Interest has well earned its praise and award nominations. It’s available on Stan and is one for when viewers are in the mood for something more sombre but is a masterpiece well worth watching.

The film is spoken in German and Polish, but don’t let that deter from what is sure to end up on many future lists of the most historic war films.

DISNEY Plus has gone shark crazy for Shark Week.

It’s releasing Shark Attack 360, Shark Beach, Baby Sharks in the City, Sharks vs Ross Edgley, Supersized Sharks, Attack of the Red Sea Sharks and Sharks Gone Viral.

Quite a list and all released in the space of just a few days, so for anyone interested in the prehistoric beasts it’s the place to be.

What about Jaws though, Disney?

Wouldn’t want to put that one in the kids’ collection.