Does watching horror movies stop you from having nightmares?

I had 3 nightmares in a row, and 5 five recently, about dogs attempting to eat me and other people alive. I should mention I'm a huge dog-lover, animal-lover in general, and nothing scary or strange including dogs, has happened in my life recently. It seems completely random.

I used to suffer from constant nightmares and still get streaks like this occasionally. A common one is some sort of evil presence next to me in bed, like I'm aware that I'm in bed even though I'm dreaming, but it feels like someone's staring at me.

Anyways, after the 5 random dog related nightmares, I decided to just lean into the nightmare situation, and watch a bunch of horror movies. Interestingly I haven't had a single nightmare since. Like this could be completely random, or perhaps getting my daily dose of spooky is preventing my brain from creating nightmares? Like, I don't need them lol.

I love horror movies, so if it works that's fine by me. Curious if anyone had similar experiences?