Death Wish

Death Wish or Deathwish may refer to:

Common meanings

• Death drive, a term in Freudian psychoanalytics
• Homicidal ideation, a term for thoughts about killing another human
• Suicidal ideation, a term for thoughts about killing oneself

Arts and entertainment

Radio

• "Death Wish", a 1957 episode of the radio series X Minus One

Literature

Books

• The Death Wish, a 1934 novel by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding
• Death Wish (novel), a 1972 novel by Brian Garfield
• Death Wish: A Story of the Mafia, a 1977 novel by Iceberg Slim
• Death Wishes, a 1983 novel by Philip Loraine
• Death Wish, a 2010 non-fiction book by Christopher Sorrentino

Comics

• Death Wish, a strip in British comic Valiant from 1975
• Deathwish, a character appearing in issue 5 of the 1993 Hardware comic universe

Short stories

• "Death Wish", a 1956 short story by Robert Sheckley under the pseudonym Ned Lang

Film

• Death Wish (1974 film), a 1974 film based on the 1972 Brian Garfield novel
  • Death Wish (film series), a series of four films following the 1974 original
  • Death Wish (2018 film), a remake of the 1974 film

Television

• "Death Wish" (Star Trek: Voyager), a 1996 episode of Star Trek: Voyager
• Death Wish Live, a 2006 reality show programming block on Channel 4
• A concept in Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, the pilot episode of Mad Men

Music

• Death Wish (soundtrack), composed by Herbie Hancock for the 1974 film
• "Deathwish", a song by British rock band The Police from the 1979 album Reggatta de Blanc
• Deathwish (EP), a 1984 EP by American gothic rock band Christian Death
• Deathwish Inc., an American music label formed in 2000
• "Death Wish" (song), a song by American rapper Jadakiss from the 2009 album The Last Kiss
• "Death Wish", a song from the soundtrack of Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc

Other uses

• Death Wish Coffee, a brand based in Round Lake, New York
• Deathwish, a skateboard company, sister company of Baker Skateboards

See also

• Death Note