Exclusive Interview with Lochlyn Munro from "The Tooth Fairy"

A new horror movie called The Tooth Fairy, currently shooting in Canada, will follow — you guessed it — a chopper critter gone bad. Too much sugar, is my guess.

The movie stars Lochlyn Munro (of Freddy Vs. Jason fame), and Chandra West (who seems to die in every movie — check out The Salton Sea and White Noise) will be his love interest. Co-stars include Anne Flemming (who will be in Dario Argento's Masters of Horror installment, Jenifer) and PJ Soles (who’s in one of the best movies I have seen all year, The Devil’s Rejects). Chuck Bowman is directing.

Horror.com caught up with Lochlyn on his very last day of filming.

Staci Layne Wilson / Horror.com: Who do you play in this film?

Lochlyn Munro: I sort of equate my character with… um, a little bit like Cold Creek Manor. I’ve put my profession aside to move to this country inn a little north of California to open up a bed and breakfast. For 50 years this place has been haunted by an evil tooth fairy. I persuade my girlfriend and her daughter to come and stay with me.

Sounds really enticing. ‘Come over and stay with me and the evil tooth fairy’!

We didn’t know yet. But I don’t think they’re too happy once they get there. Actually, I’m not a huge fan of horror films —

You’ve done a few.

Well, yeah… I’ve done like, two. Freddy Vs. Jason and this one. Scary Movie was just spooky stuff. But it’s fun; I’ve worked with Chuck Bowman before, and of course I grew up in Vancouver so it’s nice to be here. I cut my teeth on all the Cannel shows — Stephen wrote Wiseguys and 21 Jump Street and all that, so it’s good.

Cut your teeth, huh? Are the tooth puns really flying around on set?

No, actually there aren’t [laughs]. It’s just fun. But it’s my last day today.

What are you shooting today?

I’m shooting a scene where I come inside for the first killing in a woodshed. The tooth fairy has killed a young guy who is working at the inn for me. He gets cut up in a wood-chipper — a little Fargo action there. [laughs]

It sounds like the tooth fairy is a pretty inventive killer. Does she… well, is it a ‘she’? Do we know?

Ummmm… yeah. It’s a she.

The story is pretty much focused on the little girl in the movie, right?

Yeah. The young girl who is my girlfriend’s daughter befriends a little girl from the house, who is actually a ghost — which we don’t know, until we find her name on a tombstone. So yeah, the children drive the story. They’re really good.

What are some of the interactions you have with the child actor; do you get along as characters, does she resent you, or what?

Yeah, we get along really well. But I do leave her by herself once, and she gets in trouble. But of course, if I didn’t do that then we wouldn’t have any kind of a story.

That’s right: People in horror movies have got to do something dumb. That’s 101 right?

Yeah, exactly. But the little girls are great. They’re doing a very good job and it’s been fun. It’s hard making a movie in this amount days for this amount of money, but hopefully we got everything right and it’ll be enough to put together a really good, solid storyline. That’s all you can do. I think from what I’ve seen on set, things are going well.

Are you part of the big fire scene?

Yeah, yeah I am.

Are you used to working with pyrotechnics and that kind of thing?

I’ve done a few scenes with stuff like that.

You mentioned that you’re not personally a big horror movie fan, so what was it about this movie that made you want to play a role?

Well, I’m not a huge fan in that I look forward to upcoming horror movies, but I thought The Tooth Fairy was actually a nice little story. I like playing characters, and his relationship with Chandra’s character is interesting. I like Stephen Cannel, I like Chuck Bowman and so that’s why. It’s turned out to be a really good experience.

Chandra West is such a knockout — she’s so beautiful, but when you talk to her, she seems to be so nice and down-to-earth. What’s it like working with her?

I’ve known Chandra for a long time, since the early 90s. She dated a good friend of mine for a long time. I think she’s really talented, and I think sometimes maybe her beauty is a little bit of a hindrance. But yeah, she’s a wonderful person. I’m happy to be working with her on this. That was a big draw as well for me to do the movie. When I found out the role of Darcy was open, I suggested Chandra.

Will the tooth fairy be CGI, or is she a person… a puppet…?

They have somebody in prosthetic makeup. Yeah, it’s a person. Well, I’m needed on the set.

’Bye now.

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Staci Layne Wilson reporting