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Juan López Moctezuma

Juan López Moctezuma

Born: 1932-01-01 • Mexico City, Mexico

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
Alucardos: Portrait of a Vampire poster
Alucardos: Portrait of a Vampire
2011 • Self (Archive footage)
The Food of Fear poster
The Food of Fear
1994 • Don Ramón
The Stork's Mistake poster
The Stork's Mistake
1993 • Cura
To Kill a Stranger poster
To Kill a Stranger
1986 • Albert Morell
Adios, amor... poster
Adios, amor...
1973
Someone Wants to Kill Us! poster
Someone Wants to Kill Us!
1970