# Killer

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A **killer** is someone or something that kills, such as a [murderer](/source/Murderer) or a [serial killer](/source/Serial_killer).

**Killer** may also refer to:

## Arts, entertainment, and media

### Fictional characters

- Killer, the secondary antagonist of the 1989 animated film *[All Dogs Go to Heaven](/source/All_Dogs_Go_to_Heaven)*
- [Killer (*Home and Away*)](/source/Killer_(Home_and_Away)), a character from *Home and Away*
- [Killer Kane](/source/Killer_Kane), the villain of the 1939 serial film *Buck Rogers*

### Films

- [*Killer!* (1969 film)](/source/Killer!_(1969_film)), an alternative title for *This Man Must Die*
- *Killer*, a 1972 French crime drama directed by [Denys de La Patellière](/source/Denys_de_La_Patelli%C3%A8re)
- [*Killer* (1991 film)](/source/Killer_(1991_film)), a Telugu film starring Akkineni Nagarjuna
- [*Killer* (1994 film)](/source/Killer_(1994_film)) (a.k.a. *Bulletproof Heart*), a film starring Anthony LaPaglia and Mimi Rogers, and featuring Peter Boyle
- [*Killer: A Journal of Murder* (film)](/source/Killer:_A_Journal_of_Murder_(film)), a 1996 film about serial killer Carl Panzram
- [*Killer* (1998 film)](/source/Killer_(1998_film)), a French/Kazakhstani crime drama

### Games

- [Killer (game)](/source/Killer_(game)), a parlor game played with cards and candles
- [Killer (pool)](/source/Killer_(pool)), a multi-player pocket billiards (pool) game
- Killer, a climbing card game related to [tiến lên](/source/Ti%E1%BA%BFn_l%C3%AAn)
- Killer, a variant of the game of [darts](/source/Darts#Killer)
- [Assassin (game)](/source/Assassin_(game)), or Killer, a live-action role-playing game
- [Killer sudoku](/source/Killer_sudoku), or *samunamupure*, a variant of sudoku
- *[Killer: The Game of Assassination](/source/Killer:_The_Game_of_Assassination)*, a live action role-playing game set of rules first published by Steve Jackson Games in 1982

### Literature

- *Killer*, a 1952 novel by [Hank Janson](/source/Hank_Janson)
- *Killer*, a 1962 novel by [Wade Everett](/source/Wade_Everett)
- [*Killer: A Journal of Murder* (novel)](/source/Killer:_A_Journal_of_Murder_(novel)), a 1970 biographical novel upon which the 1996 film is based
- *Killer*, a novelization of the 1983 TV serial by [Glenn Chandler](/source/Glenn_Chandler)
- *Killer*, a 1985 novel by [David Drake](/source/David_Drake) with Karl Edward Wagner
- *Killer*, a 1989 novel by [James Pattinson](/source/James_Pattinson_(author))
- *Killer*, a 2000 novel by Francine Pascal, the twelfth installment in the [*Fearless* novel series](/source/Fearless_(novel_series))
- *[Jimmy Coates: Killer](/source/Jimmy_Coates:_Killer)*, a 2005 novel by Joe Craig, the first installment in the Jimmy Coates series
- [*Killer* (novel)](/source/Killer_(novel)) a 2009 novel by Sara Shepard, the sixth installment of the *Pretty Little Liars* series
- *Killer*, a 2014 novel by [Jonathan Kellerman](/source/Jonathan_Kellerman), the 29th installment in the [Alex Delaware](/source/Alex_Delaware) series

### Music

#### Groups

- [Killer (Finnish band)](/source/Killer_(Finnish_band)), an early 2000s Finnish alternative and experimental rock band
- [Killer (Swiss band)](/source/Killer_(Swiss_band)), a hard rock band
- [Killer (Belgian band)](/source/Killer_(Belgian_band)), a heavy metal band

#### Albums

- [*Killer* (Alice Cooper album)](/source/Killer_(Alice_Cooper_album)), 1971
- [*Killer* (video)](/source/Killer_(video)), by Die Ärzte, 1999
- [*Killer* (Tech N9ne album)](/source/Killer_(Tech_N9ne_album)), 2008

#### Songs

- ["Killer" (Adamski song)](/source/Killer_(Adamski_song)), 1990, featuring Seal as a vocalist
- ["Killer" (Baby K and Tiziano Ferro song)](/source/Killer_(Baby_K_and_Tiziano_Ferro_song)), 2013
- ["Killer" (Eminem song)](/source/Killer_(Eminem_song)), 2020
- ["Killer" (Fazer song)](/source/Killer_(Fazer_song)), 2012
- ["Killer" (Kiss song)](/source/Killer_(Kiss_song)), 1982
- "Killer", by Boy Kill Boy from *[Civilian](/source/Civilian_(Boy_Kill_Boy_album))*, 2006
- "Killer", by Dev from *[The Night The Sun Came Up](/source/The_Night_the_Sun_Came_Up)*, 2011
- "Killer", by The Hoosiers from *[The Trick to Life](/source/The_Trick_to_Life)*, 2007
- "Killer", by Kali Uchis from *[Isolation](/source/Isolation_(Kali_Uchis_album))*, 2018
- "Killer", by Krokus from *[Painkiller](/source/Pain_Killer_(Krokus_album))*, 1978
- "Killer/キラー", by MORE MORE JUMP *[Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage!](/source/Hatsune_Miku:_Colorful_Stage!)*, 2024
- "Killer", by The Ready Set from *[Feel Good Now](/source/Feel_Good_Now_EP)*, 2011
- "Killer", by Van Der Graaf Generator from *[H to He, Who Am the Only One](/source/H_to_He,_Who_Am_the_Only_One)*, 1970
- "Kill[h]er", by Stand Atlantic from [*Was Here*](/source/Was_Here_(Stand_Atlantic_album)), 2024

### Television

- ["Killer" (*CSI*)](/source/Killer_(CSI)), an episode from the sixth season of the American television series *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2006)
- ["Killer" (*Taggart*)](/source/Killer_(Taggart)), the 1983 pilot episode and title of the later renamed Scottish detective TV series *Taggart*
- [*Killer* (TV series)](/source/Killer_(TV_series)), a 1984 British thriller series which aired on ITV

## People

- [Killer (nickname)](/source/Killer_(nickname)), a list of people known as "Killer" or "The Killer"
- [Killer Brooks](/source/Killer_Brooks) (1946–2020), ring name of American professional wrestler Tim Brooks
- [Killer Khan](/source/Killer_Khan) (born 1947), ring name of Japanese professional wrestler Masashi Ozawa
- [Daniel Killer](/source/Daniel_Killer) (born 1949), former Argentine footballer
- [Tobias Killer](/source/Tobias_Killer) (born 1993), German footballer
- [Bob Konovsky](/source/Bob_Konovsky) (1934–1982), American National Football League player and professional wrestler known as "Killer Konovsky"
- [Killer Kowalski](/source/Killer_Kowalski) (1926–2008), ring name of Polish-Canadian professional wrestler Władek Kowalski

## Science and technology

- [Killer (computer)](/source/Killer_(computer)), an AT&T public-access UNIX machine involved in Operation Sundevil
- [Death receptor 5](/source/Death_receptor_5), a tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily, member 10b, a human gene, alias KILLER
- [Killer application](/source/Killer_application) or killer app, a computer program that is so necessary or desirable that it proves the core value of some larger technology
- [Killer NIC](/source/Killer_NIC), a network interface card manufactured by Bigfoot Networks
- [Killer yeast](/source/Killer_yeast), a yeast, such as *Saccharomyces cerevisiae*, which is able to secrete one of a number of toxic proteins which are lethal to receptive cells

## Other uses

- [Killer (philately)](/source/Killer_(philately)), a term for a heavy stamp cancellation mark
- [Killer, Germany](/source/Killer,_Germany), a village in the town of Burladingen, in the Killertal valley

## See also

- [Kiler (disambiguation)](/source/Kiler_(disambiguation))
- [Killa (disambiguation)](/source/Killa_(disambiguation))
- [Killah (disambiguation)](/source/Killah_(disambiguation))
- [The Killer (disambiguation)](/source/The_Killer_(disambiguation))
- [Killers (disambiguation)](/source/Killers_(disambiguation))
- [The Killers (disambiguation)](/source/The_Killers_(disambiguation))

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