Juan López Moctezuma (1929 – August 2, 1995) was a

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film director and actor. He was born in

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in 1929. During his career he directed five films, all in the genres of

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and

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: ''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 ''Alucarda'' (Spanish: ''Alucarda, la hija de las tinieblas'', or ''Alucarda, the daughter of darkness'') is a 1977 Mexican supernatural horror film directed by Juan López Moctezuma, and starring Tina Romero, Claudio Brook, Susana Kamini, and D ...

'' (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

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. He died on August 2, 1995.

Filmography

*''

The Mansion of Madness ''The Mansion of Madness'' (Spanish: ''La mansión de la locura'') is a 1973 Mexican horror film directed by Juan López Moctezuma, in his directorial debut, and starring Claudio Brook, Arthur Hansel, Ellen Sherman, and Martin LaSalle. Set in 19t ...

'' (''La Mansión de la Locura'') (1973) *''

Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary ''Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary'' is a 1975 Mexican supernatural slasher film directed by Juan López Moctezuma, written by Malcolm Marmorstein, and starring Cristina Ferrare, David Young, and John Carradine. Its plot follows an American artist who d ...

'' (1975) *''

'' (''Alucarda, la Hija de las Tinieblas'') (1977) *''To Kill a Stranger'' (''Matar a un Extraño'') (1984) *''El Alimento del Miedo'' (1994)

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