A massacre typically refers to an event with a heavy death toll. Massacre may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

  • Massacre (DC Comics), a DC Comics villain
  • Massacre (Marvel Comics), a Spider-Man villain

Films

  • Massacre (1934 film), a drama film starring Richard Barthelmess
  • Massacre (1956 film), a Western film starring Dane Clark
  • Massacre (aka Massacro) a 1989 Italian horror film directed by Andrea Bianchi
  • Massacre (franchise), three series of slasher films spanning from 1982 to 2015
  • The Massacre (film) 1912

Music

Groups and labels

  • Massacre (Argentine band), an Argentine skate punk band
  • Massacre (experimental band), an American experimental/rock band
  • Massacre (death metal band), an American death metal band
  • Massakre (band), a Chilean thrash metal band, or a self-titled album from the band
  • Massacra, a French death/thrash metal band
  • Massacre Records, a record label

Albums

  • The Massacre (The Exploited album)
  • The Massacre, rapper 50 Cent's second commercial album

Songs

  • "Massacre", a song by Escape the Fate
  • "Massacre", a song by Thin Lizzy
  • "Massacre", a song by Kim Petras from Turn Off the Light
  • "Massacre", a song by Bathory from Under the Sign of the Black Mark

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

  • "Massacre", Code Lyoko: Evolution episode 25
  • "Massacre" (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)
  • The Massacre (Doctor Who)
  • The Massacre, a 1792 play by Elizabeth Inchbald (unperformed)

Places

  • Massacre, Dominica, a land on the island of Dominica in the Caribbean

Politics and news

  • Saturday Night Massacre, firing of US government officials following the Watergate scandal
  • Friday Night Massacre, term used for the 2020 United States Postal Service crisis, related to Postal voting in the 2020 United States elections
  • Thursday Night Massacre (Twitter), term used to describe the December 2022 Twitter suspensions

See also

  • Democide
  • Ethnic cleansing
  • Genocide
  • Mass killing
  • Mass murder
  • Politicide