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Real animal slaughter does add a vital element of danger to films such as Cannibal Holocaust, hence the term "guilty pleasure".

I personally found that in the case of cannibal holocaust, it didn't add anything but even more of a distasteful feel to it. Some people are into that, I myself, am not.

We probably meant the same thing, from two different viewpoints.

But those same people might squash a fly, spider or even rodent to death in their own houses (it's doesn't take much more effort and is less messy to throw the creatures outside instead, but sadly chasing flying/scuttling beasts around the house with weapons has become something of a sport in some households).

Nope, generally I won't kill anything unless it's an infestation or something. More often than not, where I live, it'll be a large spider...I'd never kill a spider. Far too useful.
However, if I actually kill something (usually fleas on my cat, or flies, using spray/powder) there's some measure of neccessity, eg - they are making my house unconfortable or filthy, it's the same thing I said before in regards to eating meat - there's no comparison. Sure, in the case of sadist fucks that chase down and kill everything in their immediate area, they'd probably love seeing much the same in film, but not me.

It is unnecessary but as far as condemning older films that already have that footage, that's just too much for me.

I didn't like the film...like I said, that was just my opinion. I'm not telling anyone they shouldn't watch it, so I'm not really condemning the film, rather, I'm condemning those that made it.