Juan López Moctezuma

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.

Known For

The Stork's Mistake

To Kill a Stranger

Alucardos: Portrait of a Vampire

The Food of Fear

Someone Wants to Kill Us!

Adios, amor...

All Movies (6)

• Alucardos: Portrait of a Vampire2011 · as Self (Archive footage)
• The Food of Fear1994 · as Don Ramón
• The Stork's Mistake1993 · as Cura
• To Kill a Stranger1986 · as Albert Morell
• Adios, amor...1973
• Someone Wants to Kill Us!1970