Hardly Heartthrobs

Spotting young obscure horror film actors in other flicks often sends me down rabbit holes of curiosity. Here are three of them, hardly heartthrobs, which you may or may not know:

Cabin Fever: not the modern one, the Eli Roth original, in which a young Sheriff visits the cabin and extolls the virtues of hard pardying, even when all around are rotting away from a flesh-eating disease. Yep, he's the pardying lawman on the lookout for campfire fun. 

Enter Independence Day with Will Smith, in which the same actor appears as a young kid. Turns out he's been acting a while and most curious of all, went on to write, direct and produce 50 independent flicks of his own, so much so that a documentary was made of his film-making, in which he's labelled a genius auteur! You would think that such praise would have got him noticed but quite the opposite. He disappeared entirely from public view in 2015! His name: Giuseppe Andrews.

Fright Night: again the original starring Roddy McDowell ably assisted among others by one Evil Ed, a memorable young boy with a very infectious laugh. Alas Ed succumbs to the nefarious whims of the undead and ends up with a crucifix brand on his, well, 'ed. 

Again, in a complete change of tack, Evil Ed then goes on to get very busy starting in countless pornos for his sins and we horror buffs are left with nothing but his hyena chuckle. His name: Stephen Geoffreys.

Scary Movie: the first of the sinister satires, this original included a young actor who's character's particular schtick, was, well, having a small d*ck, much to the amusement of his pals in the college changing rooms. Naturally annoyed, he goes on to be abruptly dispatched by the film's killer and I abruptly forgot about him.

Until recently, when fully-grown, he popped up in Arrow (2014) and did a very good job of a Police Captain. A very busy actor indeed, he's reprising his Scary Movie role in this year's remake, 26 years later! His name: Lochlyn Munro.

Do you know of any acting obscurities, sudden departures or bizarre changes in direction in the worlds of sci-fi and horror films and TV?