Spectre, specter or the spectre may refer to:

Religion and spirituality

Vision (spirituality) A vision is something seen in a dream, trance, or religious ecstasy, especially a supernatural appearance that usually conveys a revelation. Visions generally have more clarity than dreams, but traditionally fewer psychological connotations. Vis ...

Apparitional experience In parapsychology, an apparitional experience is an anomalous experience characterized by the apparent perception of either a living being or an inanimate object without there being any material stimulus for such a perception. In academic discus ...

Ghost In folklore, a ghost is the soul or Spirit (supernatural entity), spirit of a dead Human, person or non-human animal that is believed by some people to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely, from a ...

Arts and entertainment

Film and television

* ''Spectre'' (1977 film), a made-for-television film produced and written by Gene Roddenberry * ''Specters'' (film), a 1987 horror film starring Donald Pleasence * ''Spectre'' (1996 film), an American-Irish horror film * ''Spectres'' (film), a 2004 supernatural drama * ''Specter'' (2005 film), a Japanese tokusatsu film * '' DC Showcase: The Spectre'', a 2010 short animated film * ''Spectre'' (2015 film), a James Bond film * Specter (''Battlestar Galactica''), a Cylon in the original ''Battlestar Galactica'' television series *

Harvey Specter ''Suits (U.S. TV series), Suits'' is an American legal drama, created by Aaron Korsh. It premiered on USA Network in June 2011. The series revolves around Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht), a senior partner at a top law firm in Manhattan, and his re ...

, a character from the TV series ''Suits'' *

Kamen Rider Specter is a Japanese ''tokusatsu'' series that serves as the 26th installment in the ''Kamen Rider'' franchise and the 17th entry in the Heisei era. Main characters Takeru Tenkūji is the current heir to Daitenkū-ji who displays in an interest ...

, a character from the tokusatsu series ''Kamen Rider Ghost'' * The Spectres, the main protagonists of the animated TV series ''

Star Wars Rebels ''Star Wars Rebels'' is an American 3D animated science fiction television series produced by Lucasfilm Animation and set in the ''Star Wars'' universe. It takes place 14 years after '' Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith'' (2005 ...

Music

* Spectre (musician), alias of producer and rapper Skiz Fernando * The Spectre (rapper) (born 1986), British *

Akhenaton (rapper) Philippe Fragione (; ; born 17 September 1968), better known by his stage name Akhenaton, is a French rapper and hip hop producer. He has also worked under the aliases Chill, AKH, Sentenza and Spectre. He is best known as member of hip hop grou ...

(born 1968), French hip hop artist who uses ''Spectre'' as one of his aliases * ''Spectres'' (album), 1977, by Blue Öyster Cult * ''Spectre'' (album), a 2014 album by Laibach * "Spectre" (song), by the English band Radiohead * "The Spectre" (song), 2017, by Norwegian record producer and DJ Alan Walker * "Spectre", a song by

Christian Death Christian Death is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles County, California, in 1979 by Rozz Williams. With major line-up changes over the years, Christian Death has retained "a relentlessly confrontational stand against organized religion ...

* "Spectres", a song from the Avantasia album ''

The Mystery of Time ''The Mystery of Time'' is the sixth full-length album by Tobias Sammet's german metal opera project Avantasia. The album was released on 26 April 2013. This is the first Avantasia release to feature the German Film Orchestra Babelsberg (the s ...

'' * "Spectres", a song from the Black Veil Brides album ''

The Phantom Tomorrow ''The Phantom Tomorrow'' is the sixth studio album by American rock band Black Veil Brides, released on October 29, 2021, through Sumerian Records. It is a rock opera concept album, similar to previous releases '' Wretched and Divine: The Story ...

'' * "Spectres", a song from the God Is an Astronaut album '' Ghost Tapes #10'' * ''Spectre'' (soundtrack), from the 2015 James Bond movie * Spectre, an album by Stick to Your Guns

Literature

SPECTRE Spectre, specter or the spectre may refer to: Religion and spirituality * Vision (spirituality) * Apparitional experience * Ghost Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Spectre'' (1977 film), a made-for-television film produced and writt ...

, an evil organisation in the James Bond novels and films * Spectre (''His Dark Materials''), ghostly beings in Philip Pullman's fantasy novel trilogy * ''Spectre'' (novel), a 1998 ''Star Trek'' novel by William Shatner *

Spectre (DC Comics character) The Spectre is the name of several antiheroes who appear in American comic books published by DC Comics. The original version first appeared in ''More Fun Comics'' #52 (February 1940). The character was created by Jerry Siegel and Bernard Baily ...

, any of several DC Comics characters *

Silk Spectre Silk Spectre is the name of two fictional superheroines in the graphic novel limited series ''Watchmen'', published by DC Comics. Created by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, the original Silk Spectre, Sally "Jupiter" Juspeczyk, was a member of the c ...

, a DC Comics character * ''The Specter'' (novel), a 1938 novel by Maxim Gorki * The Specters, creatures in the manga ''

Saint Seiya , also known as ''Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac'' or simply ''Knights of the Zodiac'' (translated from the French title ''Les Chevaliers du Zodiaque''), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada. It ...

'' and its sequel * Specter (comics), a character in Marvel Comics

Video games

* ''Spectre'' (1982 video game), released in 1982 * ''Spectre'' (1991 video game), 1991, for the Macintosh computer * Spectre, an elite intelligence and military unit in the series ''

Mass Effect ''Mass Effect'' is a military science fiction media franchise created by Casey Hudson. The franchise depicts a distant future where humanity and several alien civilizations have colonized the galaxy using technology left behind by Elder race, a ...

'' * Specter, a villain in the series ''

Ape Escape ''Ape Escape'' is a series of video games developed primarily by Japan Studio and published and owned by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The series incorporates ape-related humour, unique gameplay, and a wide variety of popular culture, pop cult ...

'' * Spectre, a vehicle in the ''

Halo HALO, halo, halos or haloes may refer to: Most common meanings * Halo (optical phenomenon) * Halo (religious iconography), a ring of light around the image of a head * ''Halo'' (franchise), a sci-fi video game series (2001–2021) Arts and en ...

'' series * Mercurial - The Spectre, a hero in the game mod ''

Defense of the Ancients ''Defense of the Ancients'' (''DotA'') is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) mod (video gaming), mod for the video game ''Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos'' (2002) and its expansion, ''The Frozen Throne'' (2003). The objective of the game is ...

'' and its sequel * Spectre, a necropolis unit in the ''

Heroes of Might and Magic ''Heroes of Might and Magic'' (commonly abbreviated ''HoMM''), known as ''Might & Magic Heroes'' in 2011–2024, is a series of video games created and developed by Jon Van Caneghem through New World Computing. As part of the ''Might and Magic ...

'' series * Spectre, a character/vehicle in the first and second installments of the ''

Twisted Metal ''Twisted Metal'' is a series of Vehicular combat game, vehicular combat video games originally developed by SingleTrac and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The series has appeared on the PlayStation (console), PlayStation, PlaySta ...

'' series * Specter, a character in '' SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs'' series * Spectre team, a covert ops military unit in the PlayStation 3 game ''

Resistance 2 ''Resistance 2'' is a 2008 first-person shooter video game developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3. The game was released in North America on November 4, 2008, in Australia on November 27, ...

'' * Spectre, callsign of the player character in '' MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries'' * Spectre, a cloaking sniper unit in '' StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty'' * Master Spectre, a character from the game '' Adventures in the Magic Kingdom'' * BRD-01 Spectre, an artificial intelligence controlled robotic unit in ''

Titanfall ''Titanfall'' is a media franchise that mainly features first-person shooter games. The series was created by Respawn Entertainment and debuted on Xbox and Microsoft Windows; it has expanded to other consoles and platforms. Gameplay In ''Titan ...

'' * Spectre, callsign of a multiplayer character in '' Call of Duty: Black Ops III'' * Spectres, a type of monsters from the MMORPG game '' The Secret World'' *Specter Knight, a boss in

Shovel Knight ''Shovel Knight'' is a platform video game developed and published by Yacht Club Games. Development was crowdfunded and the game was released for Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, and Windows in June 2014. It was ported to OS X and Linux in September 2014, ...

Other

Spectre (Blake) The Spectre is one aspect of the fourfold nature of the human psyche along with Humanity, Emanation and Shadow that William Blake used to explore his spiritual mythology throughout his poetry and art. As one of Blake's elements of the psyche, S ...

, one of the elements of humans in William Blake's mythology * Spectre (''Dungeons & Dragons''), an undead creature

Military and aircraft

* USS ''Specter'' (AM-306), a minesweeper which served in World War II *

Lockheed AC-130 The Lockheed AC-130 gunship is a heavily armed, long-endurance, ground-attack variant of the C-130 Hercules transport, fixed-wing aircraft. It carries a wide array of ground-attack weapons that are integrated with sensors, navigation, and fir ...

H Spectre, an American gunship aircraft *

de Havilland Spectre The de Havilland Spectre is a rocket engine that was built by the de Havilland Engine Company in the 1950s. It was one element of the intended mixed power-plant for combination rocket-jet interceptor aircraft of the Royal Air Force, such as t ...

, a 1950s rocket engine intended for Royal Air Force aircraft * Spectre M4, an Italian submachine gun * Specter Aircraft, an American aircraft manufacturer ** Specter Aircraft Specter II, an American homebuilt aircraft design *

McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is an American tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber that was developed by McDonnell Aircraft for the United States Navy.Swanborough and Bower ...

, was briefly assigned the name "F-110A Spectre" by USAF, but it was never used in practice

Places

* Spectre (fictional town), an abandoned movie set located in Alabama, created for the film ''Big Fish'' * Specter Range, a mountain range in Nevada, US * The Spectre (Antarctica), a rock spire in the Queen Maud Mountains

Technology

* HP Spectre, a Hewlett-Packard computer *

Spectre (security vulnerability) Spectre is one of the speculative execution CPU vulnerabilities which involve side-channel attacks. These affect modern microprocessors that perform branch prediction and other forms of speculative execution. On most processors, the specul ...

, a computer security vulnerability *

Spectre Circuit Simulator Spectre is a SPICE-class circuit simulator owned and distributed by the software company Cadence Design Systems. It provides the basic SPICE analyses and component models. It also supports the Verilog-A modeling language. Spectre comes in enhance ...

, for analog integrated circuits * Spectre GCR, an add-on cartridge to run Macintosh software on an Atari ST computer

Other uses

* Specter (surname) * Spectre (political party), in the United Kingdom *

Spectre R42 The Spectre R42 is a 2-seater mid-engine design, mid-engined rear-wheel drive sports car manufactured by British boutique automobile manufacturer Spectre Supersports Ltd. History Ray Christopher, associated with the GT Development firm, which w ...

, a British sports car by Spectre Supersports and Spectre Motors * Spectre tile, an aperiodic monotile discovered in 2023