From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishblood-and-thunderˌblood-and-ˈthunder adjective [only before noun] British EnglishVIOLENT full of exciting and violent action or emotion
Examples from the Corpus
blood-and-thunder• Those who thirst for blood-and-thunder politics will support Woolton.• Though he still likes the animal and slapstick comics, he is branching out into the blood-and-thunder type. 