Juan López Moctezuma

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Juan López Moctezuma

Born January 1, 1932 · Mexico City, Mexico

Died August 2, 1995 · aged 63

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), w…

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El TopoEl Topo · 1970
El Topo
★ 7.11970
MovieAdventureDrama
El Topo decides to confront warrior Masters on a trans-formative desert journey he begins with his 6 year old son, who must bury his childhood totems to become a man.
AlucardaAlucarda · 1977
Alucarda
★ 6.51977
MovieHorror
After the death of her parents, young Justine is sent to live in a convent, where she meets and falls in love with the mysterious and macabre Alucarda. However, Alucarda has friends in low places... very low places. And a blood pact has just granted them entry to the church.
Fando and LisFando and Lis · 1972
Fando and Lis
★ 6.81972
MovieRomanceAdventure
Fando and his partially paralysed lover Lis search for the mythical city of Tar.
Mary, Mary, Bloody MaryMary, Mary, Bloody Mary · 1975
Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary
★ 5.11975
MovieDramaHorror
Mexican horror film about an American painter named Mary who is living in Mexico where she sells her works and also kills people for their blood. It turns out Mary is a vampire but not the traditional one with fangs. Since she has no fangs she must stab or slash the throats of her victims but soon she has a new man in her life as well as a mysterious man in black who appears to be doing the same type of murders.
The Stork's MistakeThe Stork's Mistake · 1993
The Stork's Mistake
★ 7.61993
MovieAdventureComedy
India María raises a kidnapped newborn and is pursued by criminals who want the boy.
The Mansion of MadnessThe Mansion of Madness · 1973
The Mansion of Madness
★ 4.81973
MovieHorror
The inmates of an insane asylum take over the institution, imprison the doctors and staff, and then put into play their own ideas of how the place should be run.
Someone Wants to Kill Us!Someone Wants to Kill Us! · 1970
Someone Wants to Kill Us!
★ 5.81970
MovieComedyCrime
A woman is sent to Mexico to kill the person who presumptly killed her father.
Welcome MariaWelcome Maria · 1986
Welcome Maria
★ 5.01986
MovieDrama
Illegal immigrant Maria arrives in Los Angeles from Mexico with her young son, Miguelito. She is searching for the boy's father, who came years before to find work and never returned. Confused and disoriented, she is fortunate to meet Meche, a young, beautiful, fun-loving, and street-smart Latina. Meche helps her find a place to stay, introduces her to life in L.A., including some of its eccentricities, and assists in her search. Good-hearted Maria finds her husband, but he has made a new life with a blond "gringa" wife and new child. She quietly slips away without confronting him. She and Miguelito begin a new life without him.

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