30 Roommates From Hell Who Deserve Their Own Horror Movie

Living with roommates can be an adventure—sometimes a fun one, and sometimes the kind that makes you question all your life choices.

This gallery dives into the latter, with snapshots of the kinds of inconsiderate, baffling, and downright disgusting behavior that could easily inspire a low-budget horror movie.

From the weirdly petty to the outright gross, these images are proof that not all roommates are built for communal living.

If you’ve ever felt frustrated by a dirty dish or an unclaimed mess, these bad roommates might make you feel a little better about your own situation. Or at least give you some stories to laugh about—or cringe at.

Keep going for proof that, sometimes, the real monster isn’t under the bed—it’s sleeping in the next room.

1. Roommate Tossed Out My Childhood Stuffed Animal

2. Who Does That?

3. Kicked Out My Roommate. This Was His Room, So You Can Imagine How He Treated The Rest Of The House. Really Gross, And Just Really Sad

4. Left My Apartment For About A Month Because Of Covid. Came Back To Find This, The AC Set To 40 F, The Sink Running, The Back Door Wide Open And The Roommate Moved Out

5. The Way My Roommates Makes Beef Jerky

6. Roommate Crashed My Car While Borrowing It To Go To Work Then Refuses To Pay Anything Unless I Let Her Continue To Drive It In The Future

7. My Mugs Weren’t In The Kitchen So I Checked My Roommate’s Room

8. I Have Asked Her Politely To Stop Several Times Now And My Patience Has Expired

9. Family Member Has Cancer And No Immune System, And Is Largely Bed-Ridden. We Sanitized Her Whole House A Few Days Ago. Came To Pick Her Up And Found This. Told Her Roommate To Move Out Immediately

10. Flatmate Had A Couple Friends Over, Fine, But He Destroyed My Isolation Made Cheese! These Have Already Been Aging For 2.5 Moths And Were Almost Ready

11. Roommate Let His Friend Use My Cast Iron Pan, She Ran It Through The Dishwasher, And Then He Left It In There For Days

12. I Made Dinner For Us And Then Saw This Note When I Went For A Midnight Snack ?

13. My Roommate Hasn’t Paid His Part Of The Rent In 3 Months, There’s A Weird Smell Coming From His Room That I Can’t Pinpoint, And I’m Pretty Sure He Up And Left So I Have To Clean It Now

14. Roommate Uses An Air Purifier 24/7 Instead Of Cleaning Her Cat’s Litter Robot. Whole House Smells Like Cat Poop

15. My Roommate Is Making Me Go Crazy

16. I’m Tired Of “Communicating.” This girl has had guests over at the apartment for days now and I already told her I wasn’t comfortable with guests staying over for this long. The space is small and we share a shower.

17. My Roommate Is The Worst Kind Of Person

18. The Least Hygenic Person I’ve Ever Met Just Moved Out And Left This. It Is Exactly What You’d Hope It’s Not

19. I’ve Told Them Countless Times To Take Them To The Bin. They Expect Me To Do It When I Don’t Even Eat Pizza

20. My Roommates Put Hot Glue In The Lock On My Door

21. My Boyfriend’s Roommate Doesn’t Wash His Pan Between Uses

22. My Roommate Uses My Towels To Wipe Her Makeup Off

23. What My Roommate Bought For Her Turn To Replace The Dishsoap

24. Bro

25. How Is This Possible

26. 3 Weeks Ago I Replaced The Vinyl Countertop Covering Because My Roommate Ruined It By Cutting Things Directly On The Counter. I Asked Them To Please Not Do That Anymore. This Is Today

27. My Brother In Law Is Living With Us, This Is His Room

28. I Gave My Roommate Money To Get A Very Specific Brand Of Toilet Paper When He Went To The Store. He Brought Back This. When I Asked Him About It He Said That They Had The Type I Asked For In Stock, But He Got This One Because It’s Cheaper. He Kept The Change