Slayer (disambiguation)

Slayer may refer to:

• Slayer, an archaic term for murderer
  • Slayer rule, a doctrine prohibiting a murderer to inherit from the victim
• Slayer (band), an American thrash metal band

Slayer or Slayers may also refer to:

People

• Justin Slayer, an American pornographic film actor and director
• SlayerS_`BoxeR`, in-game name of StarCraft player Lim Yo-hwan

Film and TV

• The Slayer, a 1982 horror film
• Slayer (film), a 2006 film
• Slayers (film), a 2022 American horror film
• Slayer (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), a type of female character, charged with fighting vampires and demons, in the TV series and franchise Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Books and comics

• Slayers, a Japanese fantasy light novel and media franchise
• Slayers: A Buffyverse Story, an audiobook written and directed by Amber Benson and Christopher Golden
• Slayer, a character in The Wheel of Time

Games

• Slayer (video game), a horizontally scrolling shooter game released in 1988
• Slayer (Guilty Gear), a video game character from the fighting game series Guilty Gear
• Slayer, a character class or skill in various role-playing games
• Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Slayer, a 1994 role-playing video game for the 3DO
• Slayers (video game), a video game based on the Slayers light novel series
• Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengance of the Slayer, a 2023 first-person shooter
• Lina the Slayer, a heroine in the video game Dota 2

Music

• S.A. Slayer, formerly Slayer, an American heavy metal band
• "Slayers", a 1998 song from the Vampires film soundtrack
• "Slayers", a 2009 song from the Gamer film soundtrack

Other uses

• Washington D.C. Slayers, an American rugby league team

See also

• Kinslayer, murderer of own family/kin
• Dragonslayer
• Slay (disambiguation)
• S-layer