Netflix is turning Blumhouse TV’s true crime hit into a franchise, and the trailer for the spinoff looks just as monstrous
Blumhouse TV’s blockbuster documentary Worst roommate ever was a huge success for Netflix, and now there’s a spin-off: The worst ex ever. Like its predecessor, the series relies heavily on witness testimony to tell its story, and it spans multiple narratives: there are four in this first season.
We know this because the trailer (below) uses a combination of animation, stills, police bodycam footage, and talking head interviews in a fast-paced edited style. While the trailer feels a little voyeuristic to me, it’s undoubtedly effective and has the potential to become one of the best true crime shows on Netflix.
Blumhouse is best known for its horror films, such as Treacherous, Five nights at Freddy’s And M3GANbut this new true crime show is based on real events and real people. This is the first franchise from Blumhouse TV and there will be four one-hour episodes.
What is Worst Ex Ever about?
According to Netflix, the new series is “built around the universal feeling of questioning how much you really know about your partner” and delivers “shocking stories of betrayal, violence and deceit. Featuring compelling testimony, bodycam footage and animated reenactments, Worst ex ever reveals the disturbing stories of monstrous relationships from the past.”
Speak with VarietyGretchen Palek, head of alternative TV programming at Blumhouse TV, said that after Worst roommate ever was released in 2022, the logical next topic was exes: “What’s more relatable than exes?” she asked. While she enjoyed online trends like the viral “Who TF Did I Marry” story, they weren’t the inspiration for the show. “I love looking for those kinds of trends on social media, but we really felt like ‘Roommate’ resonated because of how universally relatable it is,” she said. “And we feel like most people think their ex is bad — but on our show, our exes are the worst.”
Worst roommate ever was a huge success for Netflix and received a lot of online word of mouth, but also received some scathing reviews: The guard said that “this might officially be the worst true crime series ever made” and called it “a cookie-cutter, assembly-line true crime documentary so blindingly impersonal it feels like it was dreamed up by robots.” Even your own TechRadar said to avoid Netflix’s true crime saga because it failed its victims. Can a new spin-off right these wrongs and become one of the best Netflix documentaries?
On August 14, 2024, you can find out when Worst ex ever is streaming on Netflix.
