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Devil facial tumour disease
Devil facial tumour disease (DFTD), including DFT1 and DFT2, is a fatal transmissible cancer of the Tasmanian devil, spread by biting, of Schwann cell origin, first recorded 1996, causing population declines up to 80%.
Devil Girl from Mars
Devil Girl from Mars is a 1954 British black-and-white science fiction film directed by David MacDonald, in which the Martian Nyah (Patricia Laffan) and her robot Chani trap guests at a Scottish inn to collect men as breeding stock.
Devil in a Blue Dress (film)
Devil in a Blue Dress is a 1995 American neo-noir crime film directed by Carl Franklin, adapted from Walter Mosley's first Easy Rawlins novel, starring Denzel Washington, Jennifer Beals, and Don Cheadle; a critical success (92% RT) that underperformed at the box office.
Devil in Christianity
The devil in Christianity, also known as Satan, is the chief of the fallen angels and adversary of God and humanity, also called Lucifer, Beelzebub, and the great dragon.
Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy
Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy is a 2025 Peacock Original eight-episode true-crime limited drama created by Patrick Macmanus, starring Michael Chernus as Gacy, dramatizing the 1972–1978 murders and the Des Plaines investigation, focused on victims and police failures.
Devil in Ohio
Devil in Ohio is a 2022 American cult-thriller limited series created by Daria Polatin for Netflix, adapted from her own novel and starring Emily Deschanel.
Devil Master
Devil Master is a Philadelphia black metal and hardcore punk band formed in 2015, signed to Relapse Records, known for Satan Spits on Children of Light and Bloody Dreams, distinct from the 1970s film of the same title.
Devil May Cry
Devil May Cry (デビル メイ クライ) is Capcom's stylish hack-and-slash demon-hunting game series, born from a cancelled Resident Evil 4 direction under Hideki Kamiya in 2001, defined by its D-to-SSS Style Meter, and currently spanning Devil May Cry 5 and a Netflix anime.
Devil May Cry (2025 TV series)
Devil May Cry (2025) is a Netflix adult animated series by Adi Shankar and Studio Mir adapting Capcom's Devil May Cry games, premiering April 3, 2025; renewed for a second season (May 12, 2026) and a final third season.
Devil May Cry (video game)
Devil May Cry (2001), Capcom PS2 stylish action game directed by Hideki Kamiya, produced by Shinji Mikami; began as a Resident Evil 4 prototype, founded the stylish-action genre, sold 2 million in under a year.
Devil May Cry 2 (デビルメイクライ2)
Devil May Cry 2 (デビルメイクライ2) is a 3D action game developed by Capcom for PlayStation 2 in January 2003, starring demon hunter Dante and the new character Lucia.
Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening
Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening (2005, Capcom, PS2; dir. Hideaki Itsuno) is a hack-and-slash prequel pitting Dante against twin Vergil, with six combat styles, D-to-SSS style ranks, a 2006 Special Edition, and a 2020 Switch port with co-op Bloody Palace.
Devil May Cry 4
Devil May Cry 4 is a 2008 hack-and-slash action game by Capcom that introduces Nero and is the fourth main entry in the Devil May Cry series.
Devil May Cry 5
Devil May Cry 5 (デビル メイ クライ 5) is Capcom's 2019 stylized action game directed by Hideaki Itsuno, with Nero, Dante, and V playable on the RE Engine; over 10 million copies sold, plus a Special Edition and Netflix anime.
Devil May Cry: The Animated Series
Devil May Cry: The Animated Series (デビル メイ クライ) is a 2007 twelve-episode Madhouse anime directed by Shin Itagaki, adapting Capcom's Devil May Cry games; it aired on WOWOW from June 14, 2007, and is distinct from the 2025 Netflix series.
Devil on the Cross
Devil on the Cross (Caitaani Mũtharaba-inĩ) is a 1982 novel by the Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, his own English translation of the first novel he wrote in Gĩkũyũ.
Devil Without a Cause
Devil Without a Cause, also called Kid Rock's breakthrough album, is his fourth studio record, released August 18, 1998 on Atlantic/Lava/Top Dog; a fusion of rap rock, metal, and country that hit Billboard number 4 and was certified Diamond.
Devil You Know
Devil You Know was an American metalcore band formed in Los Angeles in 2012, fronted by former Killswitch Engage singer Howard Jones, releasing two albums on Nuclear Blast.
Devil: The British Secret Agent
Devil: The British Secret Agent (డెవిల్) is a 2023 Telugu period spy thriller starring Nandamuri Kalyan Ram, set in 1945 around a zamindar's daughter's murder and a Bose-related conspiracy; released 29 December 2023 amid a director-credit dispute.
Devil's advocate
The devil's advocate (advocatus diaboli), formally the Promoter of the Faith, was the Vatican officer who prepared arguments against a candidate's canonization as a saint.
Devil's Bridge
Devil's Bridge is the name of many European bridges tied to a legend that the devil built the bridge in exchange for a soul, then was cheated.
Devil's Bridge, Ceredigion
Devil's Bridge (Pontarfynach), Ceredigion: Welsh village with three stacked bridges over the Mynach (1753 and 1901 upper spans), 91 m waterfalls, and the 1902 Vale of Rheidol Railway terminus.
Devil's coach horse beetle
Devil's coach horse beetle, Ocypus olens (Staphylinidae), a large black rove beetle of Europe and California that raises its abdomen like a scorpion, sprays iridodial-containing secretion, bites painfully, and preys on invertebrates and snails.
Devil's Double Next Level
Devil's Double Next Level (DD Next Level) is a 2025 Tamil horror comedy, the fourth Dhilluku Dhuddu film, directed by S. Prem Anand, starring Santhanam as critic Kissa trapped inside a horror movie; released May 16, 2025, streamed on ZEE5 from June 13, 2025.
Devil's Due (film)
Devil's Due is a 2014 American found-footage horror film directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett and released by 20th Century Fox, in which a newlywed couple's honeymoon pregnancy proves demonic.
Devil's Footprints
Devil's Footprints: hoof-like prints in snow across at least 30 Devon locations on 8–9 February 1855, blamed on Satan, explained variously as badger, cats, balloon, or thaw-frost effects; no consensus.
Devil's Island
Devil's Island (Île du Diable), smallest of the Îles du Salut about 11 km off Kourou, French Guiana, was a French convict camp (1852–1946) for political prisoners, held Alfred Dreyfus (1895–1899), and names the wider penal colony in English.
Devil's Knot (film)
Devil's Knot (2013), Atom Egoyan's courtroom drama starring Colin Firth and Reese Witherspoon, adapts Mara Leveritt's book about the West Memphis Three murders and trial; released 2014 to mixed reviews.
Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three
Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three is Mara Leveritt's 2002 Atria book on the 1993 West Memphis child murders, the satanic-panic trial, and the 1994 convictions, later adapted into Atom Egoyan's 2013 film.
Devil's Lake State Park (Wisconsin)
Devil's Lake State Park, near Baraboo in Sauk County, Wisconsin, founded 1911, is the state's third oldest, largest, and most visited state park, with 500-foot quartzite bluffs, a 360-acre glacial lake, 423 campsites, and Ice Age Trail segments.