Juan López Moctezuma
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1932, Mexico City, Mexico
- Died
- August 2, 1995
- Movies
- 13
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2011 | Alucardos: Portrait of a Vampire | Self (Archive footage) |
| 1994 | The Food of Fear | Don Ramón |
| 1993 | The Stork's Mistake | Cura |
| 1986 | To Kill a Stranger | Albert Morell |
| 1973 | Adios, amor... | |
| 1970 | Someone Wants to Kill Us! |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1994 | The Food of Fear | Writer, Director |
| 1986 | Welcome Maria | Director, Writer |
| 1986 | To Kill a Stranger | Screenplay, Director |
| 1977 | Alucarda | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1975 | Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary | Director |
| 1973 | The Mansion of Madness | Director, Writer |
| 1972 | Fando and Lis | Producer |
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