Juan López Moctezuma

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

0.3243

Gender

Male

Birthday

01-Jan-1932

Age

(94 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.


Credits

Adios, amor... Adios, amor... (1973) Character: N/A
A young man kidnaps a woman and embarks on an energetic crime spree. The reason for his behavior gradually becomes apparent.
To Kill a Stranger To Kill a Stranger (1986) Character: Albert Morell
Cristina Carver (Angelica Maria) finds herself in dire straits after she arrives to spend some time with her TV-reporter husband (Dean Stockwell) who is visiting a Latin American country run by a military dictator. After a car accident one day, Cristina brings the helpful Col. Kostik (Donald Pleasence) home and then kills him in self-defense when he violently attempts to rape and murder her. Terrified, she covers up her act and hides the body, yet in spite of her husband's efforts to protect her, a local police detective starts to figure out what really happened.
Alucardos: Retrato de un Vampiro Alucardos: Retrato de un Vampiro (2011) Character: Self (Archive footage)
Terror, transsexualism, and an eternal cult film. What is on the mind of horror film director Juan López Moctezuma and his fans, Manolo and Lalo, who are not only obsessed with the Mexican horror film 'Alucarda', but also believe in their hearts that they are its true characters? After finding the director in a psychiatric hospital, they kidnap him to make him remember his gloriously twisted past. An unclassifiable documentary film that uses interviews, stock shots and recreations of a past that may only have existed in the nightmares of its protagonists.
Se equivocó la cigüeña Se equivocó la cigüeña (1993) Character: Cura
India María raises a kidnapped newborn and is pursued by criminals who want the boy.
El alimento del miedo El alimento del miedo (1994) Character: Don Ramón
The story unfolds in an underclass neighborhood of Mexico City, a place where a unique troupe features a circus act, led by Don Ramón (López Moctezuma himself.) He and his wife Petra (Isaura Espinosa) have to take care of the daughter of a neighbor who has been jailed for drug trafficking. Petra decides that the girl (who is only 5 years old) must earn a living, entrusting her several domestic tasks; the little girl, which he nicknamed "Flea" befriends Pepito, who works as a clown on the street. Things get complicated when somone with satanic tendencies arrives to Ramon's house, and the visitor develops an interest on Petra. A fight between the three adults causes that "lil Flea" suffers a fatal accident, so the solution will be to use her meat for the tamales sold by Petra.
Alguien nos quiere matar Alguien nos quiere matar (1970) Character: N/A
A woman is sent to Mexico to kill the person who presumptly killed her father.



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