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* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueDark'': The comic combines typical superhero action with horror stories of magic, demons, and otherworldly nightmares. The second volume by Creator/JamesTynionIV especially plays up the horror vibes to contrast with the more traditionally superheroic characters like ComicBook/WonderWoman and ComicBook/{{Zatanna}}.
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* While the first season of ''Series/StrangerThings'' is closer to straightforward horror, the show's genre-blending being more with the coming-of-age films of TheEighties, its BigBudgetBeefUp in subsequent seasons saw it turn increasingly action-heavy, with growing numbers of shootouts and monster battles. Among other things, season two had a secret government lab being overrun by monsters in scenes straight out of ''Film/{{Aliens}}'', season three introduced [[UsefulNotes/MoscowCentre the KGB]] as villains and climaxed with a battle against a giant monster in a shopping mall, and season four has a character escaping a Siberian [[TheGulag gulag]] in a scene filled with explosions, shootouts, and a getaway on a snowmobile.
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* In the ''Franchise/{{Predator}}'' series, the titular aliens are a ProudWarriorRace of {{Egomaniac Hunter}}s who specifically target humanity's elite warriors to fight. The result: mercenaries in Central America in [[Film/{{Predator}} the first film]], LAPD cops and gangsters in [[Film/Predator2 the second]], a motley crew of soldiers and criminals in [[Film/{{Predators}} the third]], and the US military in [[Film/ThePredator the fourth]] all thrust into a HuntingTheMostDangerousGame scenario against aliens who hunt like SlasherMovie killers, saving the laser blasters for emergencies in favor of blades that make the fight more fair and interesting.
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* ''Film/LittleDeadRottingHood'': The movie is about the people of a small town dealing with constant wolf attacks. There's also guns[[spoiler:, and an epic battle at the end against the Denmother]].
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* The ''VideoGame/{{Resistance}}'' series of MilitaryScienceFiction FPS games took a more horror-focused approach than comparable titles like ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Killzone}}'', between its '40s/'50s DieselPunk setting and an AlienInvasion that was filled with a lot more BodyHorror than the Covenant. While the second game toned it down in favor of a focus on action and spectacle, the third game went even harder in this direction with its [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic setting]].
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* ''ComicBook/{{Vampirella}}'': The titular character is a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire who defends humans from vampires and other monsters, similar to Blade. Many if not most stories have a great deal of action in them, with the '90s comics in particular having been very big on fights.
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* ''Film/YakuzaApocalypse'': The film is about a Yakuza group whos leader is a vampire, and passes his Vampirism on to his most loyal enforcer upon his death. There's a lot of martial arts and fighting in the movie.
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* ''VideoGame/DeadRising''. The start of the first game leans more into SurvivalHorror with the protagonist Frank West outmatched by the hundreds of zombies around him, but the moment he starts to [[CharacterLevel level up]], the zombies become about as dangerous as the individual mooks in a ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' game. The sequels, which provide players access to [[SequelEscalation increasingly powerful]] [[MacGyvering combo weapons]], are basically [[HackAndSlash Hack-and-Slashes]] with a ZombieApocalypse theme. That said, while zombies in this series exist to get splattered in increasingly outlandish ways, [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters the human enemies are far more dangerous]], and the [[EscortMission human survivors you escort]] are not nearly as capable of kicking zombie ass as the games' protagonists.
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The combination of horror aesthetics with action scenes and gameplay leads to a lot of overlap with LovecraftLite and DarkFantasy, especially in those stories where the protagonists stand a fighting chance. Often the result of an ActionizedSequel to a horror story. Many SuperheroHorror stories overlap with this subgenre, combining all the usual superhero-y action content with horror tropes.
Compare and contrast with SurvivalHorror; it's important to note that while some survival horror works include combat, there's rarely an emphasis on action sequences and the protagonist will usually be better off running and hiding (in some cases they can't fight back at all). The Survival Horror page has some detailed guidelines on the distinction between that subgenre and this one.
Compare and contrast with SurvivalHorror; it's important to note that while some survival horror works include combat, there's rarely an emphasis on action sequences and the protagonist will usually be better off running and hiding (in some cases they can't fight back at all). The Survival Horror page has some detailed guidelines on the distinction between that subgenre and this one.
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tropes, as do many WeirdWest stories that do the same with Wild West [[TheGunslinger gunslinging]].
Compare and contrast withSurvivalHorror; it's SurvivalHorror. It's important to note that while some survival horror works include combat, there's rarely an emphasis on action sequences and the protagonist will usually be better off running and hiding (in some cases they can't fight back at all). The Survival Horror page has some detailed guidelines on the distinction between that subgenre and this one.
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The combination of horror aesthetics with action scenes and gameplay leads to a lot of overlap with LovecraftLite and DarkFantasy, especially in those stories where the protagonists stand a fighting chance. Often the result of an ActionizedSequel to a horror story. See also SurvivalHorror.
Many SuperheroHorror stories overlap with this subgenre, combining all the usual superhero-y action content with horror tropes.
Compare and contrast with SurvivalHorror; it's important to note that while some survival horror works include combat, there's rarely an emphasis on action sequences and the protagonist will usually be better off running and hiding (in some cases they can't fight back at all). The Survival Horror page has some detailed guidelines on the distinction between that subgenre and this one.
Compare and contrast with SurvivalHorror; it's important to note that while some survival horror works include combat, there's rarely an emphasis on action sequences and the protagonist will usually be better off running and hiding (in some cases they can't fight back at all). The Survival Horror page has some detailed guidelines on the distinction between that subgenre and this one.
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* ''Film/{{Doomsday}}'' (from the same director as ''Dog Soldiers'') is ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'' [[RecycledInSpace in Scotland]], while adding a lot more horror elements like cannibal gangs, a DarkFantasy motif (albeit more sci-fi/post-apocalyptic) with the ex-scientist turned warlord/king Marcus Kane, and tons of {{gorn}}.
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* ''Film/TheSeventhCurse'', a Hong Kong film based on the ''Wisely'' and ''Dr. Yuen'' series of pulp novels, have the hero, Wisely, uncovering an evil cult whose HighPriest practices HumanSacrifice and regularly hah hundreds of children grounded alive in rituals to maintain his power. There's plenty of shootouts and action sequences (including an IndyEscape in a cavern), but also plenty of supernatural elements, jump scares, zombies, and a final battle against a powerful flying demon.
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** This is what the story becomes whenever ComicBook/{{Carnage}} enters the scene. As a nigh-immortal SerialKiller with {{Lovecraftian Superpower}}s, Carnage ''is'' the horror. And he?s more than willing to take on any ActionHero brave enough to try and stop him.
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* ''Film/Overlord2018'': A group of Allied paratroopers infiltrate enemy lines on the night before D-Day. What follows is a standard war movie until it is revealed that the Nazis have developed a serum to produce [[NaziZombies undead super soldiers]]. The film balances the gunfire and explosions with both sci-fi BodyHorror and the very real horror of Nazi occupation and experimentation.
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Action Horror is a subgenre of {{Horror}} that, as the name suggests, adds very strong elements of the ActionGenre. The NightmareFuel is real, and the monsters are extremely potent and would be absolutely terrifying in a straightforward horror story, but the difference is, instead of the protagonists being [[TheEveryman everymen]] in way over their head, they are prepared to fight back. Oftentimes, though not always, they'll be police officers, soldiers, [[HunterOfMonsters Hunters of Monsters]], or others trained in the use of weapons and capable of taking down the monsters in front of them.
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Action Horror is a subgenre of {{Horror}} that, as the name suggests, adds very strong elements of the ActionGenre. The NightmareFuel is real, and the monsters are extremely potent and would be absolutely terrifying in a straightforward horror story, but the difference is, instead of the protagonists being [[TheEveryman everymen]] ordinary people]] in way over their head, heads, they are prepared to fight back. Oftentimes, though not always, they'll be police officers, soldiers, [[HunterOfMonsters Hunters of Monsters]], or others trained in the use of weapons and capable of taking down the monsters in front of them.
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Oh, no! Monsters are attacking! The shadows are filled with creatures that want to drink your blood and consume your flesh! TheVirus has transformed most of humanity into ravenous creatures! Malicious spirits and demons want to [[DemonicPossession take control of your body]] and feast on your soul! What do you do in a situation like this? Run for your life? Cower in fear and pray they don't find you?
''Hell no.'' You run to the gun rack and fight back with everything you've got.
Action Horror is a subgenre of {{Horror}} that, as the name suggests, adds very strong elements of the ActionGenre. The NightmareFuel is real, and the monsters are extremely potent and would be absolutely terrifying in a straightforward horror story, but the difference is, instead of the protagonists being [[TheEveryman everymen]] in way over their head, they are prepared to fight back. Oftentimes, though not always, they'll be police officers, soldiers, [[HunterOfMonsters Hunters of Monsters]], or others trained in the use of weapons and capable of taking down the monsters in front of them.
This is still horror, however, and so, to keep things scary, the [[SlidingScaleOfVillainThreat monster threat level]] will often be adjusted accordingly. Instead of one bad guy, it may be a horde of them that the protagonists, as capable as they are, may be overwhelmed by through sheer numbers. Or, it might be an EldritchAbomination or a {{kaiju}} that the protagonists face, a monster where just guns and explosives probably won't cut it. Oftentimes, the villain will be capable of ending the world, or at least a large portion of it. Either way, expect the bad guys in action horror to be ''very'' tough. The {{gorn}}, too, will often be spectacular as a way of demonstrating just how dangerous and lethal the villains are. A good guide here would be to compare ''Film/{{Alien}}'' to ''Film/{{Aliens}}'': the {{Space Marine}}s in the latter film likely could've easily triumphed over the lone xenomorph in the first film, but against ''an entire hive'' of xenomorphs, they found themselves struggling to survive.
The combination of horror aesthetics with action scenes and gameplay leads to a lot of overlap with LovecraftLite and DarkFantasy, especially in those stories where the protagonists stand a fighting chance. Often the result of an ActionizedSequel to a horror story.
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* ''Anime/DigimonGhostGame'': The show is an action series like all previous entries. However, ''Ghost Game'' also plays the concept of Digimon attacking humans for horror, with all manner of terrifying imagery and situations.
* The first two parts of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', ''Manga/PhantomBlood'' and ''Manga/BattleTendency'', are {{Shonen}} action stories with strong horror elements as the antagonists are [[OurVampiresAreDifferent extremely powerful vampires]]. Thankfully, the heroes use a {{Supernatural Martial Art|s}} which lets them wield ThePowerOfTheSun against their undead foes, but it's made very clear how helpless and outmatched the {{Innocent Bystander}}s and {{Red Shirt}}s are against them. This is topped with a hefty dose of BodyHorror, especially when the Pillar Men are involved. Horror elements are much rarer in the later parts, however.
* The ''Blood'' franchise (''Anime/BloodTheLastVampire'', ''Anime/BloodPlus'' and ''Anime/BloodC'') features an ActionGirl named Saya who usually wears a SailorFuku and wields a katana that can kill vampires.
* ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'': The story deals with the Hellsing Organization and their mission to protect humanity from monsters like vampires and werewolves. There is blood, gore, nightmarish imagery, and gun fights, often courtesy of Alucard, who is literally Count {{Dracula}} himself as a NinetiesAntiHero.
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* ''ComicBook/HackSlash'': The main premise of the series is about the former FinalGirl turned ActionGirl Cassie Hack and her partner [[GentleGiant Vlad]] going around the country and [[SerialKillerKiller taking down any and all]] [[OurSlashersAreDifferent Slashers]] that they can find.
* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueDark'': The comic combines typical superhero action with horror stories of magic, demons, and otherworldly nightmares. The second volume by Creator/JamesTynionIV especially plays up the horror vibes to contrast with the more traditionally superheroic characters like ComicBook/WonderWoman and ComicBook/{{Zatanna}}.
* Creator/MarvelComics:
** ComicBook/{{Blade}} is a {{dhampyr}} who seeks to exterminate vampires. All of the bloody, creepy aspects of vampires are still here, with Blade throwing in swords and gunplay to fight the undead menace.
** This is what the story becomes whenever ComicBook/{{Carnage}} enters the scene. As a nigh-immortal SerialKiller with {{Lovecraftian Superpower}}s, Carnage ''is'' the horror. And he?s more than willing to take on any ActionHero brave enough to try and stop him.
** ComicBook/GhostRider is, in most of his incarnations, a motorcycle stuntman who [[DealWithTheDevil sold his soul to the devil]], resulting in him being fused with a demon [[spoiler:(or sometimes a fallen angel)]] with a flaming skeleton appearance tasked with hunting down the Devil's bounties, including other demons and monsters. The character and his exploits deal heavily with the horrors of HollywoodSatanism, all while fighting evil with chains, guns and {{Hellfire}}.
* ''ComicBook/{{Vampirella}}'': The titular character is a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire who defends humans from vampires and other monsters, similar to Blade. Many if not most stories have a great deal of action in them, with the '90s comics in particular having been very big on fights.
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* As noted above, ''Film/{{Aliens}}''. The increased combat capabilities of the protagonists are met in kind with a lot more xenomorphs to fight. The ''Film/AlienVsPredator'' films did the same.
* ''Film/ArmyOfTheDead'' is about a group of armed mercenaries infiltrating a zombie-infested UsefulNotes/LasVegas to break into a safe in a hotel. Their enemies also include [[EliteZombie Alpha Zombies]] who are smarter and more brutal than the common variety.
* Creator/JohnCarpenter, a filmmaker known for working in both action and horror, has mixed the two genres in the past.
** ''Film/AssaultOnPrecinct131976'' is an example that goes in the opposite direction from most: instead of action heroes battling horror movie monsters, it's the basic plot of ''Film/RioBravo'' (a group of lawmen besieged by a heavily armed gang) PlayedForHorror.
** ''Film/JohnCarpentersVampires'', an adaptation of Creator/JohnSteakley's novel ''[[Literature/{{Vampires}} Vampire$]]''. Carpenter said that his goal was to specifically do a horror [[TheWestern Western]], while also mocking the more humanized depictions of vampires in contemporary fiction.
** ''Film/GhostsOfMars'', in which SpacePolice and the dangerous criminal in their custody battle Martian colonists possessed by the spirits of the aliens who lived there.
* ''Film/DeepRising'' has a group of mercenaries board a luxury ocean liner with the intent of robbing the passengers, only to find themselves in a pitched battle against a swarm of giant worm-like creatures [[spoiler:(actually the feeding tentacles of a single monster)]] that have already eaten most of the people on board.
* ''Film/DogSoldiers'' pits a squad of British soldiers on a training mission against a pack of werewolves.
* ''Film/{{Doomsday}}'' (from the same director as ''Dog Soldiers'') is ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'' [[RecycledInSpace in Scotland]], while adding a lot more horror elements like cannibal gangs, a DarkFantasy motif (albeit more sci-fi/post-apocalyptic) with the ex-scientist turned warlord/king Marcus Kane, and tons of {{gorn}}.
* The ''Franchise/EvilDead'' series starting with [[Film/EvilDead2 the second film]], an ActionizedSequel to and loose remake of the first that combined this trope with DenserAndWackier to turn its protagonist Ash into a snarky, wiseass ActionHero. The third film, ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness'', combined this with medieval fantasy action on top of it.
* ''Film/Overlord2018'': A group of Allied paratroopers infiltrate enemy lines on the night before D-Day. What follows is a standard war movie until it is revealed that the Nazis have developed a serum to produce [[NaziZombies undead super soldiers]]. The film balances the gunfire and explosions with both sci-fi BodyHorror and the very real horror of Nazi occupation and experimentation.
* ''Film/PitchBlack'', at first glance, is a simple ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' riff, but with one key difference: the protagonist Richard B. Riddick, a ProudWarriorRaceGuy with superhuman night vision played by Creator/VinDiesel at the height of his early '00s ActionHero fame. The sequel ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick'' was a full-blown SpaceOpera, though the subsequent film, titled simply ''Film/{{Riddick}}'', returned to this one's action-horror roots.
* In the ''Franchise/{{Predator}}'' series, the titular aliens are a ProudWarriorRace of {{Egomaniac Hunter}}s who specifically target humanity's elite warriors to fight. The result: mercenaries in Central America in [[Film/{{Predator}} the first film]], LAPD cops and gangsters in [[Film/Predator2 the second]], a motley crew of soldiers and criminals in [[Film/{{Predators}} the third]], and the US military in [[Film/ThePredator the fourth]] all thrust into a HuntingTheMostDangerousGame scenario against aliens who hunt like SlasherMovie killers, saving the laser blasters for emergencies in favor of blades that make the fight more fair and interesting.
* ''Film/ThePurge'' entered this with its sequels. While [[Film/ThePurge1 the first film]] was contained to a single house and played out like a conventional [[ProtectThisHouse home invasion movie]], later films and [[Series/ThePurge the TV series]] more fully explored the premise of there being one night a year where all crime was legal, and focused on people fighting to survive amidst the [[AnarchyIsChaos urban anarchy and mayhem]] that characterized the titular holiday.
* The ''Film/ResidentEvilFilmSeries'' veered heavily in this direction. The protagonists in [[Film/ResidentEvil2002 the first film]] are commandos hired by the Umbrella Corporation to put down a T-Virus outbreak in their lab, along with an amnesiac woman named Alice who turns out to have been a badass ActionGirl. In the sequels, Alice is made explicitly superhuman while the threat is turned up to apocalyptic levels.
* ''Film/TheSeventhCurse'', a Hong Kong film based on the ''Wisely'' and ''Dr. Yuen'' series of pulp novels, have the hero, Wisely, uncovering an evil cult whose HighPriest practices HumanSacrifice and regularly hah hundreds of children grounded alive in rituals to maintain his power. There's plenty of shootouts and action sequences (including an IndyEscape in a cavern), but also plenty of supernatural elements, jump scares, zombies, and a final battle against a powerful flying demon.
* ''Film/SnakesOnAPlane'', the entire marketing hook for which was Creator/SamuelLJackson in full BAMF mode fighting a horde of venomous snakes aboard a passenger jet.
* ''Film/TheTerminator'' was a SlasherMovie in which the killer was a robot who used guns as his [[WeaponOfChoice Weapons of Choice]]. The sequels, however, were straightforward action films.
* ''Film/{{Tremors}}'' is a GenreThrowback to '50s monster movies whose main standout feature is its recurring supporting character Burt Gummer, a ProperlyParanoid CrazySurvivalist who, over the course of the series, slaughters scores of Graboids with his massive assortment of weapons to the point that he becomes an expert on them.
* The ''Film/{{Underworld|2003}}'' films took the UrbanFantasy genre in this direction, using the supernatural powers attributed to vampires and werewolves in folklore and using them to stage superhuman fight scenes between them.
* Franchise/UniversalHorror:
** The [[Film/TheMummy1999 1999]] and [[Film/TheMummy2017 2017]] remakes of ''Film/{{The Mummy|1932}}''. The former was a TwoFistedTales ActionAdventure flick that happened to feature Imhotep as the BigBad wielding the CurseOfThePharaoh, while the latter featured a CreatureHunterOrganization called Prodigium as major supporting characters.
** ''Film/VanHelsing'' features the legendary monster hunter as he battles the classic Universal monsters throughout the world, using various {{steampunk}} gadgets and weapons.
** ''Film/DraculaUntold'', an OriginStory for {{Dracula}} in which he embraces vampirism to fight back against the invading Ottoman Empire.
* The film adaptation of ''Film/WorldWarZ'' used this to showcase the global scale of the ZombieApocalypse, with zombies overrunning Philadelphia, New York, the DMZ in South Korea, and Jerusalem. The original ending was supposed to feature a battle between the Russian military and the zombie hordes that had overrun Moscow, but this was removed from the final edit in favor of a smaller-scale, more horror-focused third act at a lab in Cardiff.
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* ''Literature/MonsterHunterInternational'', a series of novels in which [[HunterOfMonsters monster hunters]] battle vampires, demons, and the forces of darkness with [[GunPorn the biggest guns and explosives they can get their hands on]]. Creator/LarryCorreia's stated goal with the series was to do an homage to classic [[BMovie B-movies]] in which the protagonists weren't complete idiots.
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* Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}:
** ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' is about a California ValleyGirl who learns that she is the latest in a long line of [[ActionGirl warrior women]] [[TheChosenOne chosen to fight supernatural evils]]. As such, the show focuses heavily on Buffy and her friends (especially Willow once she becomes a witch) fighting demons, vampires, and other paranormal monsters. Creator/JossWhedon said that he wanted to take the stereotypical DumbBlonde horror movie victim and make her an ActionHero who turns the tables on the monsters trying to kill her.
** Likewise for its spinoff ''Series/{{Angel}}'', whose titular protagonist is a vampire who regains his human soul and resolves to [[TheAtoner atone for his crimes as a monster]] by kicking the butts of the other, more evil monsters.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': The protagonists Sam and Dean Winchester are [[HunterOfMonsters monster hunters]] who came into the business as a family tradition, [[WalkingTheEarth criss-crossing the country]] battling monsters out of UrbanLegends, cryptozoology, and mythology both Myth/{{classical|Mythology}} and [[HeavenVersusHell Abrahamic]].
* ''Series/WynonnaEarp'' was adapted from a comic book that mixes supernatural horror with Western action. The titular character is a descendant of Wyatt Earp and must defend the modern-day town of Purgatory from the revenants of bad men Wyatt killed in the past. She also discovers other, more powerful horrors that are focused on destroying her and her town.
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* ''VideoGame/AroundTheClockAtBikiniBottom'' is standard SurvivalHorror at most parts, but shifts regularly into comedic and action elements. The game has boss fights, and there's a few other select sections where the game deviates from pure horror. There's even an entire level about fighting [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Jellien Plankton]], armed with the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Mayo-]][[ItMakesSenseInContext Minigun]].
* ''VideoGame/Back4Blood'', a SpiritualSuccessor to the below-mentioned ''VideoGame/Left4Dead''. Like the game that inspired it, the game has four players gunning their way through a ZombieApocalypse, though the zombies in this game are {{Parasite Zombie}}s instead of {{Plague Zombie}}s, and the cast can be more than just the same four people.
* The ''[[VideoGame/BioShock BioShock]]'' games feature this as part of their formula.
** ''[[VideoGame/BioShock1 BioShock 1]]'' leans more towards horror, especially in the early levels. The protagonist is the survivor of a plane crash who found shelter in an underwater city whose inhabitants have been turned into mad, grotesque monsters thanks to overuse of [[GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke gene splicing run amok]]. Greater action elements come in as the protagonist starts using those gene mods himself to [[EmpoweredBadassNormal gain superhuman powers]], as well as acquiring a greater arsenal of weapons.
** ''VideoGame/BioShock2'' leans more towards action due to the PlayerCharacter this time being a specified type of Big Daddy, a superhuman protector of the Little Sisters who harvest [[PsychoSerum ADAM]] from [[HumanResources the city's corpses]]. The enemies you face, meanwhile, have grown increasingly mutated and powerful over the years.
** ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'' is the most action-heavy game in the series, with most of the horror being of the [[RealismInducedHorror real-world sort]] in the story's focus on [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain the villains' bigotry]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' opens up in Yharnam, a Victorian-styled city overrun by the "Beast Scourge", transforming its inhabitants into mindless, vicious monsters. Just by regularly exploring, you're constantly outnumbered by bloodthirsty hunters, werewolves, mutant animals, and various other GothicHorror staples. While the game is oriented around combat, your resources are limited and a single mistake can cost your whole life bar. [[spoiler:This is all before the [[CosmicHorrorStory Great Ones]] show up too, by the way.]]
* ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyZombies'', which takes the FirstPersonShooter gameplay of the ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' series and adapts it into a zombie horror game.
* ''VideoGame/DeadSpace'': The [[VideoGame/DeadSpace1 first game]] in the series focused more on horror, albeit with some action shooter touches like upgradable weapons and a more fluid, over-the-shoulder combat system. The [[VideoGame/DeadSpace2 second game]], however, featured a greater mix of action and horror sequences, while the [[VideoGame/DeadSpace3 third game]] was almost a straight-up action game.
* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'': The games star a HumanDemonHybrid named Dante who slays demons in the most [[StylishAction stylish ways possible]], and some of the games have a more horror-focused feel and aesthetic.
** [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry1 The first game]] was a DivorcedInstallment of the ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' series that was made its own game because the developers thought it was too action-heavy to be a mainline ''RE'' title, and it takes place in a dark, scary castle that at times feels claustrophobic, with the looming presence of [[BigBad Mundus]] felt in every hallway and area.
** [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry5 The fifth game]] gives the demons a more grotesque and disturbing appearance, similar to the monsters from the ''RE'' games.
* The ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' series (at least the early installments) leaned heavily into gory horror aesthetically, but their gameplay has always concerned slaughtering monsters by the dozen, then killing the devil himself. To put it differently: the world of ''Diablo'' is a horror fest... for everyone except the {{Player Character}}s.
* ''VideoGame/Doom3''. While the ''Franchise/{{Doom}}'' series had always borne many horror elements, its two main influences ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' and ''Franchise/EvilDead'' both being prime examples of the genre, this entry swung far more heavily towards horror than the more action-packed games before and after it, with most of the action set in dark passageways with little illumination where monsters and demons hid around every corner.
* ''VideoGame/EvilDeadRegeneration'' starts from the premise that, instead of [[TimeTravel travelling back in time]] at the end of ''Film/EvilDead2'', Ash was instead apprehended by the police for killing all his friends, and committed to an insane asylum when he tried telling them about the Deadites and the [[TomeOfEldritchLore Necronomicon Ex Mortis]]. While he's there, [[HerrDoktor Dr. Reinhardt]] reads from the Necronomicon and ends up unleashing [[HereWeGoAgain another horde of Deadites that Ash has to kill]] with naught but his chainsaw and boomstick, while receiving assistance in the form of a half-Deadite named Sam.
* ''VideoGame/{{GTFO}}'' has up to four players being sent down into the ruins of some as-of-yet unknown facility by an unseen being known as "The Warden" to complete various tasks. While doing this, the players are armed to the teeth for the purpose of defending themselves against hordes of Sleepers, which appear to be [[WasOnceAMan humans who were mutated by some kind of infection]] into monsters with giant VaginaDentata-style mouths on their bodies.
* The ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' games in those segments where you aren't battling human or alien soldiers.
** ''Half-Life 1'': The opening segments of the game especially pit you, an underequipped scientist with little experience in combat, against hordes of alien monsters that have overrun the Black Mesa research facility after an experiment GoneHorriblyWrong. Later portions of the game shift more towards action, though, especially after the CavalryBetrayal.
** ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' has this once you leave the confines of City 17. The Ravenholm level in particular is straight-up SurvivalHorror.
** ''VideoGame/HalfLifeAlyx'' revolves around the titular protagonist Alyx Vance trying to get inside the quarantine zone within City 17 to rescue her father Eli, all while trying to survive against dangerous foes that prevent her from reaching him.
* The first three ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' games shift from standard MilitaryScienceFiction to horror whenever [[TheVirus the Flood]] shows up, as you find yourself heading through darkened passageways (often filled with murky clouds of gas) battling wave after wave of [[CombatTentacles tentacled]] [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombies]], many of which also have guns (or worse, [=RPGs=]). The horror elements are taken up a notch in ''VideoGame/Halo3'', where you get to see victims [[TransformationHorror infected and transformed]] right in front of you.
* ''VideoGame/TheHouseOfTheDead'' is a series of {{Light Gun Game}}s that are all about blowing away zombies and various other hostile monsters with an endless supply of bullets.
* ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'', a CoOpMultiplayer shooter in which four players fight their way through a ZombieApocalypse.
* The ''Franchise/{{Metro}}'' games from ''VideoGame/MetroLastLight'' onward emphasize gunplay and action against human and mutant enemies as well as horror in the form of supernatural threats lurking in the Metro tunnels and on the [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic surface]].
* The ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' games in the '00s and early '10s veered in this direction. ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' started the trend by having Leon Kennedy [[TookALevelInBadass graduate]] from an outgunned rookie cop to a Secret Service agent, then ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil5 RE5]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil6 RE6]]'' put players in the role of soldiers, mercenaries, and government agents in combat zones where assorted zombies and mutants are running loose, all while moving to an over-the-shoulder camera and aiming system that proved hugely influential on the ThirdPersonShooter genre. Starting with ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil7Biohazard'', however, the series started to back away from the genre and return to the SurvivalHorror of the earlier entries.
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Oh, no! Monsters are attacking! The shadows are filled with creatures that want to drink your blood and consume your flesh! TheVirus has transformed most of humanity into ravenous creatures! Malicious spirits and demons want to [[DemonicPossession take control of your body]] and feast on your soul! What do you do in a situation like this? Run for your life? Cower in fear and pray they don't find you?
''Hell no.'' You run to the gun rack and fight back with everything you've got.
Action Horror is a subgenre of {{Horror}} that, as the name suggests, adds very strong elements of the ActionGenre. The NightmareFuel is real, and the monsters are extremely potent and would be absolutely terrifying in a straightforward horror story, but the difference is, instead of the protagonists being [[TheEveryman everymen]] in way over their head, they are prepared to fight back. Oftentimes, though not always, they'll be police officers, soldiers, [[HunterOfMonsters Hunters of Monsters]], or others trained in the use of weapons and capable of taking down the monsters in front of them.
This is still horror, however, and so, to keep things scary, the [[SlidingScaleOfVillainThreat monster threat level]] will often be adjusted accordingly. Instead of one bad guy, it may be a horde of them that the protagonists, as capable as they are, may be overwhelmed by through sheer numbers. Or, it might be an EldritchAbomination or a {{kaiju}} that the protagonists face, a monster where just guns and explosives probably won't cut it. Oftentimes, the villain will be capable of ending the world, or at least a large portion of it. Either way, expect the bad guys in action horror to be ''very'' tough. The {{gorn}}, too, will often be spectacular as a way of demonstrating just how dangerous and lethal the villains are. A good guide here would be to compare ''Film/{{Alien}}'' to ''Film/{{Aliens}}'': the {{Space Marine}}s in the latter film likely could've easily triumphed over the lone xenomorph in the first film, but against ''an entire hive'' of xenomorphs, they found themselves struggling to survive.
The combination of horror aesthetics with action scenes and gameplay leads to a lot of overlap with LovecraftLite and DarkFantasy, especially in those stories where the protagonists stand a fighting chance. Often the result of an ActionizedSequel to a horror story.
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[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
* ''Anime/DigimonGhostGame'': The show is an action series like all previous entries. However, ''Ghost Game'' also plays the concept of Digimon attacking humans for horror, with all manner of terrifying imagery and situations.
* The first two parts of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', ''Manga/PhantomBlood'' and ''Manga/BattleTendency'', are {{Shonen}} action stories with strong horror elements as the antagonists are [[OurVampiresAreDifferent extremely powerful vampires]]. Thankfully, the heroes use a {{Supernatural Martial Art|s}} which lets them wield ThePowerOfTheSun against their undead foes, but it's made very clear how helpless and outmatched the {{Innocent Bystander}}s and {{Red Shirt}}s are against them. This is topped with a hefty dose of BodyHorror, especially when the Pillar Men are involved. Horror elements are much rarer in the later parts, however.
* The ''Blood'' franchise (''Anime/BloodTheLastVampire'', ''Anime/BloodPlus'' and ''Anime/BloodC'') features an ActionGirl named Saya who usually wears a SailorFuku and wields a katana that can kill vampires.
* ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'': The story deals with the Hellsing Organization and their mission to protect humanity from monsters like vampires and werewolves. There is blood, gore, nightmarish imagery, and gun fights, often courtesy of Alucard, who is literally Count {{Dracula}} himself as a NinetiesAntiHero.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* ''ComicBook/HackSlash'': The main premise of the series is about the former FinalGirl turned ActionGirl Cassie Hack and her partner [[GentleGiant Vlad]] going around the country and [[SerialKillerKiller taking down any and all]] [[OurSlashersAreDifferent Slashers]] that they can find.
* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueDark'': The comic combines typical superhero action with horror stories of magic, demons, and otherworldly nightmares. The second volume by Creator/JamesTynionIV especially plays up the horror vibes to contrast with the more traditionally superheroic characters like ComicBook/WonderWoman and ComicBook/{{Zatanna}}.
* Creator/MarvelComics:
** ComicBook/{{Blade}} is a {{dhampyr}} who seeks to exterminate vampires. All of the bloody, creepy aspects of vampires are still here, with Blade throwing in swords and gunplay to fight the undead menace.
** This is what the story becomes whenever ComicBook/{{Carnage}} enters the scene. As a nigh-immortal SerialKiller with {{Lovecraftian Superpower}}s, Carnage ''is'' the horror. And he?s more than willing to take on any ActionHero brave enough to try and stop him.
** ComicBook/GhostRider is, in most of his incarnations, a motorcycle stuntman who [[DealWithTheDevil sold his soul to the devil]], resulting in him being fused with a demon [[spoiler:(or sometimes a fallen angel)]] with a flaming skeleton appearance tasked with hunting down the Devil's bounties, including other demons and monsters. The character and his exploits deal heavily with the horrors of HollywoodSatanism, all while fighting evil with chains, guns and {{Hellfire}}.
* ''ComicBook/{{Vampirella}}'': The titular character is a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire who defends humans from vampires and other monsters, similar to Blade. Many if not most stories have a great deal of action in them, with the '90s comics in particular having been very big on fights.
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[[folder:Films - Live-Action]]
* As noted above, ''Film/{{Aliens}}''. The increased combat capabilities of the protagonists are met in kind with a lot more xenomorphs to fight. The ''Film/AlienVsPredator'' films did the same.
* ''Film/ArmyOfTheDead'' is about a group of armed mercenaries infiltrating a zombie-infested UsefulNotes/LasVegas to break into a safe in a hotel. Their enemies also include [[EliteZombie Alpha Zombies]] who are smarter and more brutal than the common variety.
* Creator/JohnCarpenter, a filmmaker known for working in both action and horror, has mixed the two genres in the past.
** ''Film/AssaultOnPrecinct131976'' is an example that goes in the opposite direction from most: instead of action heroes battling horror movie monsters, it's the basic plot of ''Film/RioBravo'' (a group of lawmen besieged by a heavily armed gang) PlayedForHorror.
** ''Film/JohnCarpentersVampires'', an adaptation of Creator/JohnSteakley's novel ''[[Literature/{{Vampires}} Vampire$]]''. Carpenter said that his goal was to specifically do a horror [[TheWestern Western]], while also mocking the more humanized depictions of vampires in contemporary fiction.
** ''Film/GhostsOfMars'', in which SpacePolice and the dangerous criminal in their custody battle Martian colonists possessed by the spirits of the aliens who lived there.
* ''Film/DeepRising'' has a group of mercenaries board a luxury ocean liner with the intent of robbing the passengers, only to find themselves in a pitched battle against a swarm of giant worm-like creatures [[spoiler:(actually the feeding tentacles of a single monster)]] that have already eaten most of the people on board.
* ''Film/DogSoldiers'' pits a squad of British soldiers on a training mission against a pack of werewolves.
* ''Film/{{Doomsday}}'' (from the same director as ''Dog Soldiers'') is ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'' [[RecycledInSpace in Scotland]], while adding a lot more horror elements like cannibal gangs, a DarkFantasy motif (albeit more sci-fi/post-apocalyptic) with the ex-scientist turned warlord/king Marcus Kane, and tons of {{gorn}}.
* The ''Franchise/EvilDead'' series starting with [[Film/EvilDead2 the second film]], an ActionizedSequel to and loose remake of the first that combined this trope with DenserAndWackier to turn its protagonist Ash into a snarky, wiseass ActionHero. The third film, ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness'', combined this with medieval fantasy action on top of it.
* ''Film/Overlord2018'': A group of Allied paratroopers infiltrate enemy lines on the night before D-Day. What follows is a standard war movie until it is revealed that the Nazis have developed a serum to produce [[NaziZombies undead super soldiers]]. The film balances the gunfire and explosions with both sci-fi BodyHorror and the very real horror of Nazi occupation and experimentation.
* ''Film/PitchBlack'', at first glance, is a simple ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' riff, but with one key difference: the protagonist Richard B. Riddick, a ProudWarriorRaceGuy with superhuman night vision played by Creator/VinDiesel at the height of his early '00s ActionHero fame. The sequel ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick'' was a full-blown SpaceOpera, though the subsequent film, titled simply ''Film/{{Riddick}}'', returned to this one's action-horror roots.
* In the ''Franchise/{{Predator}}'' series, the titular aliens are a ProudWarriorRace of {{Egomaniac Hunter}}s who specifically target humanity's elite warriors to fight. The result: mercenaries in Central America in [[Film/{{Predator}} the first film]], LAPD cops and gangsters in [[Film/Predator2 the second]], a motley crew of soldiers and criminals in [[Film/{{Predators}} the third]], and the US military in [[Film/ThePredator the fourth]] all thrust into a HuntingTheMostDangerousGame scenario against aliens who hunt like SlasherMovie killers, saving the laser blasters for emergencies in favor of blades that make the fight more fair and interesting.
* ''Film/ThePurge'' entered this with its sequels. While [[Film/ThePurge1 the first film]] was contained to a single house and played out like a conventional [[ProtectThisHouse home invasion movie]], later films and [[Series/ThePurge the TV series]] more fully explored the premise of there being one night a year where all crime was legal, and focused on people fighting to survive amidst the [[AnarchyIsChaos urban anarchy and mayhem]] that characterized the titular holiday.
* The ''Film/ResidentEvilFilmSeries'' veered heavily in this direction. The protagonists in [[Film/ResidentEvil2002 the first film]] are commandos hired by the Umbrella Corporation to put down a T-Virus outbreak in their lab, along with an amnesiac woman named Alice who turns out to have been a badass ActionGirl. In the sequels, Alice is made explicitly superhuman while the threat is turned up to apocalyptic levels.
* ''Film/TheSeventhCurse'', a Hong Kong film based on the ''Wisely'' and ''Dr. Yuen'' series of pulp novels, have the hero, Wisely, uncovering an evil cult whose HighPriest practices HumanSacrifice and regularly hah hundreds of children grounded alive in rituals to maintain his power. There's plenty of shootouts and action sequences (including an IndyEscape in a cavern), but also plenty of supernatural elements, jump scares, zombies, and a final battle against a powerful flying demon.
* ''Film/SnakesOnAPlane'', the entire marketing hook for which was Creator/SamuelLJackson in full BAMF mode fighting a horde of venomous snakes aboard a passenger jet.
* ''Film/TheTerminator'' was a SlasherMovie in which the killer was a robot who used guns as his [[WeaponOfChoice Weapons of Choice]]. The sequels, however, were straightforward action films.
* ''Film/{{Tremors}}'' is a GenreThrowback to '50s monster movies whose main standout feature is its recurring supporting character Burt Gummer, a ProperlyParanoid CrazySurvivalist who, over the course of the series, slaughters scores of Graboids with his massive assortment of weapons to the point that he becomes an expert on them.
* The ''Film/{{Underworld|2003}}'' films took the UrbanFantasy genre in this direction, using the supernatural powers attributed to vampires and werewolves in folklore and using them to stage superhuman fight scenes between them.
* Franchise/UniversalHorror:
** The [[Film/TheMummy1999 1999]] and [[Film/TheMummy2017 2017]] remakes of ''Film/{{The Mummy|1932}}''. The former was a TwoFistedTales ActionAdventure flick that happened to feature Imhotep as the BigBad wielding the CurseOfThePharaoh, while the latter featured a CreatureHunterOrganization called Prodigium as major supporting characters.
** ''Film/VanHelsing'' features the legendary monster hunter as he battles the classic Universal monsters throughout the world, using various {{steampunk}} gadgets and weapons.
** ''Film/DraculaUntold'', an OriginStory for {{Dracula}} in which he embraces vampirism to fight back against the invading Ottoman Empire.
* The film adaptation of ''Film/WorldWarZ'' used this to showcase the global scale of the ZombieApocalypse, with zombies overrunning Philadelphia, New York, the DMZ in South Korea, and Jerusalem. The original ending was supposed to feature a battle between the Russian military and the zombie hordes that had overrun Moscow, but this was removed from the final edit in favor of a smaller-scale, more horror-focused third act at a lab in Cardiff.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* ''Literature/MonsterHunterInternational'', a series of novels in which [[HunterOfMonsters monster hunters]] battle vampires, demons, and the forces of darkness with [[GunPorn the biggest guns and explosives they can get their hands on]]. Creator/LarryCorreia's stated goal with the series was to do an homage to classic [[BMovie B-movies]] in which the protagonists weren't complete idiots.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}:
** ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' is about a California ValleyGirl who learns that she is the latest in a long line of [[ActionGirl warrior women]] [[TheChosenOne chosen to fight supernatural evils]]. As such, the show focuses heavily on Buffy and her friends (especially Willow once she becomes a witch) fighting demons, vampires, and other paranormal monsters. Creator/JossWhedon said that he wanted to take the stereotypical DumbBlonde horror movie victim and make her an ActionHero who turns the tables on the monsters trying to kill her.
** Likewise for its spinoff ''Series/{{Angel}}'', whose titular protagonist is a vampire who regains his human soul and resolves to [[TheAtoner atone for his crimes as a monster]] by kicking the butts of the other, more evil monsters.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': The protagonists Sam and Dean Winchester are [[HunterOfMonsters monster hunters]] who came into the business as a family tradition, [[WalkingTheEarth criss-crossing the country]] battling monsters out of UrbanLegends, cryptozoology, and mythology both Myth/{{classical|Mythology}} and [[HeavenVersusHell Abrahamic]].
* ''Series/WynonnaEarp'' was adapted from a comic book that mixes supernatural horror with Western action. The titular character is a descendant of Wyatt Earp and must defend the modern-day town of Purgatory from the revenants of bad men Wyatt killed in the past. She also discovers other, more powerful horrors that are focused on destroying her and her town.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/AroundTheClockAtBikiniBottom'' is standard SurvivalHorror at most parts, but shifts regularly into comedic and action elements. The game has boss fights, and there's a few other select sections where the game deviates from pure horror. There's even an entire level about fighting [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Jellien Plankton]], armed with the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Mayo-]][[ItMakesSenseInContext Minigun]].
* ''VideoGame/Back4Blood'', a SpiritualSuccessor to the below-mentioned ''VideoGame/Left4Dead''. Like the game that inspired it, the game has four players gunning their way through a ZombieApocalypse, though the zombies in this game are {{Parasite Zombie}}s instead of {{Plague Zombie}}s, and the cast can be more than just the same four people.
* The ''[[VideoGame/BioShock BioShock]]'' games feature this as part of their formula.
** ''[[VideoGame/BioShock1 BioShock 1]]'' leans more towards horror, especially in the early levels. The protagonist is the survivor of a plane crash who found shelter in an underwater city whose inhabitants have been turned into mad, grotesque monsters thanks to overuse of [[GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke gene splicing run amok]]. Greater action elements come in as the protagonist starts using those gene mods himself to [[EmpoweredBadassNormal gain superhuman powers]], as well as acquiring a greater arsenal of weapons.
** ''VideoGame/BioShock2'' leans more towards action due to the PlayerCharacter this time being a specified type of Big Daddy, a superhuman protector of the Little Sisters who harvest [[PsychoSerum ADAM]] from [[HumanResources the city's corpses]]. The enemies you face, meanwhile, have grown increasingly mutated and powerful over the years.
** ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'' is the most action-heavy game in the series, with most of the horror being of the [[RealismInducedHorror real-world sort]] in the story's focus on [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain the villains' bigotry]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' opens up in Yharnam, a Victorian-styled city overrun by the "Beast Scourge", transforming its inhabitants into mindless, vicious monsters. Just by regularly exploring, you're constantly outnumbered by bloodthirsty hunters, werewolves, mutant animals, and various other GothicHorror staples. While the game is oriented around combat, your resources are limited and a single mistake can cost your whole life bar. [[spoiler:This is all before the [[CosmicHorrorStory Great Ones]] show up too, by the way.]]
* ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyZombies'', which takes the FirstPersonShooter gameplay of the ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' series and adapts it into a zombie horror game.
* ''VideoGame/DeadSpace'': The [[VideoGame/DeadSpace1 first game]] in the series focused more on horror, albeit with some action shooter touches like upgradable weapons and a more fluid, over-the-shoulder combat system. The [[VideoGame/DeadSpace2 second game]], however, featured a greater mix of action and horror sequences, while the [[VideoGame/DeadSpace3 third game]] was almost a straight-up action game.
* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'': The games star a HumanDemonHybrid named Dante who slays demons in the most [[StylishAction stylish ways possible]], and some of the games have a more horror-focused feel and aesthetic.
** [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry1 The first game]] was a DivorcedInstallment of the ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' series that was made its own game because the developers thought it was too action-heavy to be a mainline ''RE'' title, and it takes place in a dark, scary castle that at times feels claustrophobic, with the looming presence of [[BigBad Mundus]] felt in every hallway and area.
** [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry5 The fifth game]] gives the demons a more grotesque and disturbing appearance, similar to the monsters from the ''RE'' games.
* The ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' series (at least the early installments) leaned heavily into gory horror aesthetically, but their gameplay has always concerned slaughtering monsters by the dozen, then killing the devil himself. To put it differently: the world of ''Diablo'' is a horror fest... for everyone except the {{Player Character}}s.
* ''VideoGame/Doom3''. While the ''Franchise/{{Doom}}'' series had always borne many horror elements, its two main influences ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' and ''Franchise/EvilDead'' both being prime examples of the genre, this entry swung far more heavily towards horror than the more action-packed games before and after it, with most of the action set in dark passageways with little illumination where monsters and demons hid around every corner.
* ''VideoGame/EvilDeadRegeneration'' starts from the premise that, instead of [[TimeTravel travelling back in time]] at the end of ''Film/EvilDead2'', Ash was instead apprehended by the police for killing all his friends, and committed to an insane asylum when he tried telling them about the Deadites and the [[TomeOfEldritchLore Necronomicon Ex Mortis]]. While he's there, [[HerrDoktor Dr. Reinhardt]] reads from the Necronomicon and ends up unleashing [[HereWeGoAgain another horde of Deadites that Ash has to kill]] with naught but his chainsaw and boomstick, while receiving assistance in the form of a half-Deadite named Sam.
* ''VideoGame/{{GTFO}}'' has up to four players being sent down into the ruins of some as-of-yet unknown facility by an unseen being known as "The Warden" to complete various tasks. While doing this, the players are armed to the teeth for the purpose of defending themselves against hordes of Sleepers, which appear to be [[WasOnceAMan humans who were mutated by some kind of infection]] into monsters with giant VaginaDentata-style mouths on their bodies.
* The ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' games in those segments where you aren't battling human or alien soldiers.
** ''Half-Life 1'': The opening segments of the game especially pit you, an underequipped scientist with little experience in combat, against hordes of alien monsters that have overrun the Black Mesa research facility after an experiment GoneHorriblyWrong. Later portions of the game shift more towards action, though, especially after the CavalryBetrayal.
** ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' has this once you leave the confines of City 17. The Ravenholm level in particular is straight-up SurvivalHorror.
** ''VideoGame/HalfLifeAlyx'' revolves around the titular protagonist Alyx Vance trying to get inside the quarantine zone within City 17 to rescue her father Eli, all while trying to survive against dangerous foes that prevent her from reaching him.
* The first three ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' games shift from standard MilitaryScienceFiction to horror whenever [[TheVirus the Flood]] shows up, as you find yourself heading through darkened passageways (often filled with murky clouds of gas) battling wave after wave of [[CombatTentacles tentacled]] [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombies]], many of which also have guns (or worse, [=RPGs=]). The horror elements are taken up a notch in ''VideoGame/Halo3'', where you get to see victims [[TransformationHorror infected and transformed]] right in front of you.
* ''VideoGame/TheHouseOfTheDead'' is a series of {{Light Gun Game}}s that are all about blowing away zombies and various other hostile monsters with an endless supply of bullets.
* ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'', a CoOpMultiplayer shooter in which four players fight their way through a ZombieApocalypse.
* The ''Franchise/{{Metro}}'' games from ''VideoGame/MetroLastLight'' onward emphasize gunplay and action against human and mutant enemies as well as horror in the form of supernatural threats lurking in the Metro tunnels and on the [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic surface]].
* The ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' games in the '00s and early '10s veered in this direction. ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' started the trend by having Leon Kennedy [[TookALevelInBadass graduate]] from an outgunned rookie cop to a Secret Service agent, then ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil5 RE5]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil6 RE6]]'' put players in the role of soldiers, mercenaries, and government agents in combat zones where assorted zombies and mutants are running loose, all while moving to an over-the-shoulder camera and aiming system that proved hugely influential on the ThirdPersonShooter genre. Starting with ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil7Biohazard'', however, the series started to back away from the genre and return to the SurvivalHorror of the earlier entries.
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