About
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
The Food of Fear1994 · Writer, Director
Welcome Maria1986 · Director, Writer
To Kill a Stranger1986 · Screenplay, Director
Alucarda1977 · Director, Writer, Producer, Story
Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary1975 · Director
The Mansion of Madness1973 · Director, Writer
Fando and Lis1972 · Producer
El Topo1970 · Associate Producer