Horrifying House-guest / Shadowlurker
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About
Horrifying House-guest (also known as Never Alone, Uninvited Guest, or Shadowlurker) is an image macro series featuring a pencil sketch of a creepy, ghost-like figure, with large, sunken eyes and a malicious smile. The overlaid text generally contains micro-narratives referring to creepy and disturbing situations and mental images. A common motif used throughout these captions are stories or imagery that would keep one awake at night such as the fear of having to use the bathroom in the dark, having your feet exposed from the blanket, or hearing creaking noises outside your bedroom door.
Origin
The drawing of the ghost was originally posted on June 28th, 2011 to 4chan’s /b/ (random) board[1], where it generated over 200 image replies with captions placed over the original artwork.
Anonymous 06/28/11(Tue)16:05:59 No.337413068
File1309291559.jpg-(627 KB, 1390×1960, 1309202454379.jpg)Probably my last bump.
Pic unrelated.
While the original artist’s name is unknown, he or she began posting additional drawings of the Horrifying Houseguest to a personal Tumblr[13] on July 12th, 2011.
Spread
On June 30th, 2011, the Horrifying House-guest was posted to Reddit[8] for the first time. Over the next month, compilations of Horrifying House-guest images were shared on internet humor blogs including Memebase[4], and FunnyJunk[5], as well as social bookmarking communities and networking sites including Ranker[6], Digg[7], Reddit[17][15] and Tumblr.[9][14]
The single topic blogs "Fuck Yeah Horrifying House Guest[10] and “Horrifying House Guest”[12] were launched on July 18th and July 29th respectively. There are also several generator sites for the Horrifying House-guest macros including MemeGenerator[2], Quickmeme[3] and DIYLOL.[11] As of March 2012, an Italian Facebook fan page[15] for Horrifying House Guest has over 3000 likes.
Notable Examples
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Search Interest
Search for “Horrifying House Guest” and “Shadowlurker” began in July 2011.
External References
[1] Chanarchive – Sup /b/, just postin’ some OC that i just made
[2] MemeGenerator – Horrifying House Guest
[3] QuickMeme – Horrifying House Guest
[4] Memebase – Horrifying House Guest
[5] FunnyJunk – Horrifying House Guest Comp
[6] Ranker – The Very Best of the Horrifying Houseguest Meme
[7] Digg – The Very Best of the Horrifying Houseguest Meme
[8] Reddit – Horrifying Houseguest New Meme
[9] Tumblr – Search Results for Horrifying House Guest
[10] Tumblr – Fuck Yeah Horrifying House Guest
[11]DIYLOL – Horrifying House Guest
[12] Tumblr – Horrifying House Guest
[13] Tumblr – Drawing I did a couple weeks ago. Has since become an internet meme known as the “Horrifying Houseguset.” (sic)
[14] Tumblr – Posts tagged “shadowlurker”
[15] Reddit – Results for “horrifying house guest”
[16] Facebook – Horrifying House Guest [ITA]
[17] Reddit – Results for Shadowlurker
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Top Comments
KennyG17
Jul 16, 2011 at 01:00AM EDT+34
My left hand was on my face. I won’t be sleeping again.
Nyar
Jul 15, 2011 at 11:29PM EDT+27
I’m kind of creeped out by how similar to my drawing style this looks like… it’s like a drawing from me I never did o_O’
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