Juan López Moctezuma

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1932-01-01

Deathday 1995-08-02 (63 years old)

Place of Birth Mexico City, Mexico

Also Known As 胡安·洛佩兹·莫克特祖马

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

Director

1994
The Food of Fear

as Director

1986
To Kill a Stranger

as Director

1977
Alucarda

as Director

1975
1973

Actor

2011
Alucardos: Portrait of a Vampire

as Self (Archive footage)

1994
The Food of Fear

as Don Ramón

1986
To Kill a Stranger

as Albert Morell

Writer

1994
1986
To Kill a Stranger

as Screenplay

1977
Alucarda

as Writer

1977
Alucarda

as Story

Producer

1977
Alucarda

as Producer

1970
Fando and Lis

as Producer

1970
El Topo

as Associate Producer