A killer is someone or something that kills, such as a murderer or a serial killer. Killer may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

* Killer (''Home and Away''), a character from ''Home and Away'' * Killer Kane, the villain of the 1939 Buck Rogers film serial

Films

* ''Killer!'' (1969 film), an alternative title for ''This Man Must Die'' * ''Killer'' (1991 film), a Telugu film starring Akkineni Nagarjuna * ''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), a 1996 film about serial killer Carl Panzram * ''Killer'' (1998 film), a French/Kazakhstani crime drama

Games

Killer (game) Wink murder is a party game or parlour game in which a secretly selected player is able to "kill" others by winking at them, while the surviving players try to identify the killer. The game is also variously known as murder wink, killer, murder ...

, a parlor game played with cards and candles *

Killer (pool) Killer or killers is a multi-player folk variant of straight pool in which each player is assigned a set number of "lives" and takes one shot per to attempt to () a ball, or else lose a life. Usually if the player then an additional life is lost. ...

, a multi-player pocket billiards (pool) game * Killer, a climbing card game related to

tiến lên ''Tiến lên'' ( Vietnamese: '' tiến lên'', '' tiến'': advance; '' lên'': to go up, up; literally: "go forward"; also Romanized Tien Len) is a shedding-type card game originating in southern China and Vietnam. It may be considered Vietna ...

* Killer, a variant of the game of darts * Assassin (game), or Killer, a live-action role-playing game * Killer sudoku, or ''samunamupure'', a variant of sudoku * '' Killer: The Game of Assassination'', a live action role-playing game set of rules first published by Steve Jackson Games in 1982

Literature

* ''Killer'' (novel) a novel by Sara Shepard, part of The Pretty Little Liars series * ''Killer: A Journal of Murder'' (novel), a 1970 biographical novel upon which the 1996 film is based

Music

Groups

Killer (Finnish band) Killer was a rock band founded in 1999 in Helsinki, Finland. Although Killer was a quartet, vocalist Siiri Nordin was by far the most visible member. History The group's debut single ''Hurricane'' was released in February 2001. In August 2001 ...

, an early 2000s Finnish alternative and experimental rock band * Killer (Swiss band), a hard rock band * Killer (Belgian band), a hard rock band

Albums

* ''Killer'' (Alice Cooper album), a 1971 rock album by Alice Cooper * ''Killer'' (video), a music DVD by Die Ärzte released in 1999 * ''Killer'' (Tech N9ne album), 2008 rap album by Tech N9ne

Songs

* "Killer" (Kiss song), 1982 * "Killer" (Adamski song), 1990, featuring Seal as a vocalist * "Killer" (Fazer song), 2012 * "Killer", a song by Van Der Graaf Generator from '' H to He, Who Am the Only One'', 1970 * "Killer", a song by Boy Kill Boy from '' Civilian'', 2006 * "Killer", a song by The Hoosiers from '' The Trick to Life'', 2007 * "Killer", a song by Dev from ''

The Night The Sun Came Up ''The Night the Sun Came Up'' is the debut studio album by American recording artist Dev, released on September 2, 2011 by Universal Republic Records. Dev worked exclusively with American Electropop production duo The Cataracs and Alan De la Ro ...

'', 2011 * "Killer", a song by Krokus from '' Painkiller'', 1978 * "Killer", a song by Kali Uchis from '' Isolation'', 2018 * "Killer", a song by Eminem from the deluxe edition of '' Music to Be Murdered By'', 2020

Television

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

People

Killer (nickname) As a nickname, Killer or The Killer may refer to: People known as Killer * Pietro Aurino (born 1977), Italian former boxer * Keegan Brown (born 1992), English darts player * Fred Burke (1893–1940), American armed robber and contract killer * ...

, a list of people known as "Killer" or "The Killer" *

Killer Brooks Timothy Paul Brooks (December 4, 1947 – June 30, 2020), better known by his ring name Killer Tim Brooks, was an American professional wrestler. He competed in North American regional promotions, including the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), ...

(born 1947), ring name of American professional wrestler Tim Brooks * Killer Khan (born 1947), ring name of Japanese professional wrestler Masashi Ozawa *

Daniel Killer Daniel Pedro Killer (born 21 December 1949) is a Argentine former football defender who was part of the Argentina squad that won the 1978 FIFA World Cup. Daniel and his brother Mario were part of the Rosario Central team that won the Primera Divi ...

(born 1949), former Argentine footballer *

Tobias Killer Tobias Killer (born 20 August 1993) is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder who plays for Bayernliga club SV Donaustauf. He appeared in the 3. Liga The 3. Liga is a professional association football league and the third division in Ge ...

(born 1993), German footballer *

Bob Konovsky Bob Konovsky (August 19, 1934 – March 6, 1982) was a former guard in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted in the seventh round of the 1956 NFL Draft by the Chicago Cardinals and played three seasons with the team. He also played f ...

(1934–1982), American National Football League player and professional wrestler known as "Killer Konovsky" * Killer Kowalski (1926–2008), ring name of Polish-Canadian professional wrestler Władek Kowalski

Science and technology

Killer (computer) Operation Sundevil was a 1990 nationwide United States Secret Service crackdown on "illegal computer hacking activities." It involved raids in approximately fifteen different cities and resulted in three arrests and the confiscation of computers, ...

, an AT&T public-access UNIX machine involved in Operation Sundevil * Death receptor 5, a tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily, member 10b, a human gene, alias KILLER * 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 The Killer NIC (Network Interface Card), from Killer Gaming (now a subsidiary of Intel Corporation), is designed to circumvent the Microsoft Windows TCP/IP stack, and handle processing on the card via a dedicated network processor. Most standard net ...

, a network interface card manufactured by Bigfoot Networks *

Killer yeast A killer yeast is a yeast, such as ''Saccharomyces cerevisiae'', which is able to secrete one of a number of toxic proteins which are lethal to susceptible cells. These "killer toxins" are polypeptides that kill sensitive cells of the same or relat ...

, 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) In philately a killer is a particularly heavy type of handstamp, or portion of one, consisting of heavy bars, cork impressions or other crude devices used to cancel postage stamps A postage stamp is a small piece of paper issued by a post ...

, a term for a heavy stamp cancellation mark *

Killer, Germany Burladingen is a town in the Zollernalbkreis district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. History In 1849, Burladingen and the villages of and came under the dominion of the Kingdom of Prussia. They were assigned in 1850 to , one of the of Provin ...

, a village in the town of Burladingen, in the Killertal valley