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Juan López Moctezuma

Producer, Director, Actor, Writer
Born January 1, 1932Died August 2, 1995 (63 years)
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

  • El Topo
  • Alucarda
  • Fando and Lis
  • Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary
  • Dr. Tarr's Torture Dungeon
  • To Kill a Stranger

Filmography

1977
1970
El Topo · as Associate Producer
1968

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