Juan López Moctezuma Explained

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 supernatural horror and suspense: The Mansion of Madness (1973), Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary (1975), To Kill a Stranger (1984), El Alimento del Miedo (1994), and his most recognized and controversial work, Alucarda (1977), 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 Mansion of Madness (La Mansión de la Locura) (1973)
• Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary (1975)
• Alucarda (Alucarda, la Hija de las Tinieblas) (1977)
• To Kill a Stranger (Matar a un Extraño) (1984)
• El Alimento del Miedo (1994)

Further reading

• Reyes Nevares, Beatriz (1976). The Mexican Cinema: Interviews With Thirteen Directors. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press. pp.97–114. .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gutiérrez. Vicente. López Moctezuma: la historia de un genio maldito. El Economista. 28 February 2011. 30 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20110304145319/http://eleconomista.com.mx/entretenimiento/2011/02/28/lopez-moctezuma-historia-genio-maldito. 4 March 2011. es.