Juan López Moctezuma

Director

Born: January 1, 1932 (63 years old)

Died: August 2, 1995

Place of birth: Mexico City, Mexico

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 (10)

• The Stork's Mistake (1993, ★ 7.6)
• Fando and Lis (1972, ★ 6.8)
• El Topo (1970, ★ 7.1)
• Someone Wants to Kill Us! (1970, ★ 5.8)
• To Kill a Stranger (1986, ★ 5.3)
• Adios, amor... (1973, ★ 5.6)
• Alucarda (1977, ★ 6.4)
• The Mansion of Madness (1973, ★ 4.8)
• Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary (1975, ★ 5.1)
• Alucardos: Portrait of a Vampire (2011, ★ 3.8)