Juan López Moctezuma
Juan López Moctezuma (1929 – August 2, 1995) was a Mexican film director and actor. He was born in Mexico City in 1929.[1] During his career he directed five films, all in the genres of Gothic horror and suspense: The Mansion of Madness (1972), Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary (1974), To Kill a Stranger (1983), El Alimento del Miedo (1994), and his most recognized and controversial work, Alucarda (1978), which tells the story of a satanic possession in a Catholic convent. In 1993 he was admitted to a psychiatric hospital in Mexico City because of Alzheimer's disease. He died on August 2, 1995.
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 1932-01-01 · Mexico City, Mexico
- Died
- 1995-08-02
Known for
- El Topo (1970) — Associate Producer
- Alucarda (1977) — Writer
- Fando and Lis (1972) — Producer
- The Mansion of Madness (1973) — Director
- The Stork's Mistake (1993) — Cura
- Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary (1975) — Director
- To Kill a Stranger (1986) — Albert Morell
- Alucardos: Portrait of a Vampire (2011) — Self (Archive footage)
- Someone Wants to Kill Us! (1970)
- Adios, amor... (1973)
- The Food of Fear (1994) — Don Ramón
- Welcome Maria (1986) — Director