Some movies have mixed them, resulting in exciting horror stories that are as scary as they’re electrifying.

What’s not to love about action-packed horror movies?

They’re eye-catching spectacles that entice viewers with their exciting gunfights, explosions, and over-the-top violence and gore.

Several guns aiming at a large anthropomophic dog-like creature Dog Soldiers.

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Fast-paced, tightly edited, and wonderfully gory,Dog Soldierswill leave viewers on the edge of their seats.

Once the vampires arrive,the action is engaging, and the fight scenes become wonderfully over-the-top.

The gore goes all out, and the practical effects get more creative and spectacular with each passing moment.

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Bladebreathed new life into the superhero genre and showed its potential to go bolder.

Even after all these years, its exciting and intense moments can still leave viewers cheering.

Easily one of Carpenter’s best works,They Liveis a memorable film full of exciting and iconic moments.

The Gecko brothers aiming guns at the camera while a woman in a bikini stands behind them

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Her role and Wingard’s remarkable directing have madeYou’re Nexta stand-out over the years.

It’s easilyone of the best horror movies of the 2010s.

Upgradeis a wild ride with impressive stunt work, engaging fight scenes, and sharp editing.

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This time, she has the help of a hardened group of space marines.

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Michael Kelly fighting off zombies in 2004’s Dawn of the Dead

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Blade bearing his vampire teeth in Blade

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An alien inside a human standing in front of an Obey sign in They Live

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A young woman with blood on her face looking sad in You’re Next Film

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Grey Trace screams in pain in Upgrade

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A man covered in blood turns around while train passengers stand in front of him in Train to Busan

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The Predator with its arms outstretched in the night forest.

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Cpl. Hicks teaching Ripley how to use a pulse rifle from Aliens (1986)

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