Juan López Moctezuma
Born: 1932-01-01 in Mexico City, Mexico
Died: 1995-08-02
Known For: Directing
Biography
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.
Filmography
2011
- Alucardos: Portrait of a Vampire as Self (Archive footage)
1994
- The Food of Fear as Don Ramón
1993
- The Stork's Mistake as Cura
1986
- To Kill a Stranger as Albert Morell
- Welcome Maria ... (Director)
1977
- Alucarda ... (Director)
1975
- Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary ... (Director)
1973
- The Mansion of Madness ... (Director)
- Adios, amor...
1970
- El Topo ... (Associate Producer)
- Fando and Lis ... (Producer)
- Someone Wants to Kill Us!