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== Comic Books ==

* Human tribes in ''[[Elf Quest]]'' have a habit of doing this with Elves. The very first episode starts with a torture scene.

* In ''[[Spawn]]'', the cult of Urizen - a [[God of Evil]] so malevolent and so dangerous that the rulers of Heaven and Hell [[Enemy Mine|cooperated to seal him away]] - had a unique variation. The cult initially had 13 members, most of them insane rich people. Once per month, during the New Moon, one of their number was elected to be a sacrifice, and would be hunted by the others, killed, butchered, and then cooked and [[I'm a Humanitarian|eaten by the rest of the cult]] in an evil version of a formal dinner party. By their own accounts, this "blended" the victims soul into theirs, and when only one was left, that cultist would be the vessel in which Urizen would return. However, Spawn sabotaged the eighth ceremony, placing a curse on the intended sacrifice, which caused the remaining cultists to die horribly when they ate his flesh, literally puking their guts out and being consumed from within by hellfire. Unfortunately, while this eliminated the cult, Urizen would still be a big problem later.

== Film ==

* ''[[The Final Sacrifice]]'', of course. Apparently necessary to summon an invincible army of Canadian Aztecs or something.

{{quote|'''Tom:''' Please, can we have just one more sacrifice?

'''Mike:''' Okay, but this is the ''[[Title Drop|final]]'' [[Title Drop|sacrifice]].

'''Tom:''' Yay! }}

* In ''[[Race with the Devil]]'', two families witness a human sacrifice during a Satanic ritual and go on the run to escape the cultists pursuing them. It's also implied {{spoiler|[[Bolivian Army Ending|to happen to them at the end]].}}

* ''[[Spectre (1977 film)|Spectre]]'', a 1977 [[TV Movie]] written and produced by [[Gene Roddenberry]]. Near the end the cultists attempt to perform a human sacrifice to summon the demon Asmodeus.

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* Adolfo Constanzo and his cult committed an unknown number of human sacrifices, for what appeared to be vaguely religious reasons, and because they believed it would help their drug trafficking prosper.

* The Norse would tie a slave to the slipway of a newly launched ship to be ritually crushed. As some of their ships were intended for [[Pirates|distasteful activities]] it kind of figures.

** [[Viking Funeral]]s for chieftains also had a slave sacrifice as part of the ritual to send the chieftain's soul to Valhalla. Modern depictions, of course, leave out this little detail, focusing instead on the awesome image of a flaming ship being sent on its final voyage.

**[[Viking Funeral]]s for chieftains also had a slave sacrifice as part of the ritual to send the chieftain's soul to Valhalla. Modern depictions, of course, leave out this little detail, focusing instead on the awesome image of a flaming ship being sent on its final voyage.

** Modern Asatruar<ref>aka Heathens, aka Germanic Pagans, aka believers in [[Norse Mythology]]</ref> [[Averted Trope|sacrifice mead, food, or significant-to-them items to the Gods and/or Goddesses]]. For obvious reasons, [[Captain Obvious|sacrificing other people]] [[And That's Terrible|is frowned upon]].

* Human sacrifice -- called ''muti'' -- is still practised today among certain Nigerian peoples.