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Lochlyn Munro sports a face you know, but a name that may ring foreign. Being a dedicated horror buff, I must say, that needs to change; it’s time we recognized Lochlyn as Lochlyn, and not “that guy from Scary Movie”. The man is the owner of a well-rounded skill set, portraying a wide variety of characters across the landscape of numerous cinematic genres. However, it’s certainly nice to illuminate his love of horror, which is precisely what I aim to do with this piece.
Munro broke into the industry back in the late 1980’s appearing in numerous televion series’ including the insanely popular 21 Jump Street. After flexing versatile in the front of the cameras, Lochlyn landed a role in the big screen adaptation of Stephen King’s, Needful Things. Post-Needful Things Munro hit the ground running, appearing in a slew of genre based televion work and straight to video features including Trancers 4, Highlander, Mother, May I Sleep with Danger? and Poltergeist: The Legacy. Munro would see the 90’s close while performing a brief stint on Constance M. Burge’s popular series, Charmed, alongde Alyssa Milano.
2000 would prove a breakout year for the charismatic Munro, who’d already showcased a prolific quality that can only be deemed synonymous with workhorse; Lochlyn secured the role of Greg Phillippe in the horror spoof, Scary Movie. A grizzly demise ensured Greg would not be returning for future franchise sequels, although the door to stardom had officially opened wide for Lochlyn, and he didn’t hetate to seize the opportunity.
![](http://youtu.be/8yurKTKQr6E<br /><br />A string of genre appearances would ensue, including appearances in Dracula 2000, a ngle episode stint on Stephen King's Dead Zone, and one of his most famous asgnments to date: the portrayal of Deputy Scott Stubbs in the campy iconic crossover flick, Freddy vs. Jason. FVJ aligned Munro as an endearing and memorable player in the horror genre, and filmmakers soon took notice and subsequent action.<br /><br />
Munro surfaced in the popular yet controveral series Dead Like Me, stopped by the set of Andromeda to put in work, and proceeded to proffer his talents to numerous crime driven series’ such C: Miami, C: NY and NCIS. A return to full blown horror sat in the near distance, as Munro top-lined Chuck Bowman’s twisted 2006 take on an age old fairy tale, The Tooth Fairy and returned to the macabre foreground in 2009 when he appeared in the star studded indie effort, Penance.<br /><br />After shooting Penance (which featured genre staples Michael Rooker and Tony Todd), Munro opted for somewhat of a career shift, now favoring work in the horror genre rather than the expanve selection of pictures he’d appeared in in the past. Munro tackled another law enforcement role (this man has a knack for playing the law man) in 2010’s Xtinction: Predator X, and again donned the badged uniform in Howard Wexler’s invaon tale Infection: The Invaon Begins. Munro, now a blossoming genre staple however, was far from done exercing his talents in macabre showcases.<br /><br />http://i56.tinypic.com/33z5myr.jpg)
George Mendeluk’s Terror Experiment is tapped to hit DVD in the near future, Toxic looks bleak and proming, Mark Sheppard’s Mysterious Island has officially wrapped, and, believe it or not Munro is now rumored to be attached to Zeke Pinheiro’s The Cheerleaders Must Die! (a film we’ve openly supported here at the Bid); as is evident, this man has no intention of downshifting the metaphorical speedster that drives his profesonal career, and I for one support the excesve acceleration. This man has been fine-tuned for the genre, so I say: BRING IT, Lochlyn Munro kicks ass!
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