Editing Orcus (section)

===Other modern-era use===
* The name "Orcus" appears in the ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' role-playing game as [[Orcus (Dungeons & Dragons)|Orcus]], Prince of the Undead.

* Orcus appears as a character in [[Christopher Moore (author)|Christopher Moore]]'s novel ''[[A Dirty Job]]'' (2006).

* The [[Kuiper belt]] [[dwarf planet]] [[90482 Orcus|Orcus]] is named after Orcus. This is because Orcus was sometimes considered to be another name for [[Pluto (mythology)|Pluto]], and also because [[Pluto]] and Orcus are both [[plutino]]s. Orcus has one known moon, [[Vanth (moon)|Vanth]].

* In the TV series ''[[Happy! (TV series)|Happy!]]'' (2017–2019), Orcus possesses members of the Scaramucci crime family.

* Image of Orcus is used on the book cover The complete short stories of Ambrose Bierce. Compiled and Edited by Ernest Jerome Hopkins. 1970 Doubleday.

* The Orcus sculpture was recreated for the entrance to the museum's "Superstition" exhibit in the 1997 horror film [[The Relic]].

* Orcus is the name of a fire protection and risk consultancy in the North and South America specializing in unique hazards such as refineries and chemical storage.

* Orcus appears as a character in [[Qui Nguyen]]'s play ''[[She Kills Monsters]]'' (2011).

* In 2016, "Orcus Administration" emerged as the name of a publicly available remote control software, its creator John "Armada" Revesz soon afterward arrested and convicted for developing a remote access [[Trojan horse (computing)|Trojan]] (RAT).