I loved hostel myself, I thought it was an eerie concept. I'm usually not a fan of gore movies, I am really big on suspense. But even tho the deaths look highly realistic and there are some VERY disturbing scenes, I thought it was a good movie simply because it scared the bejeezus out of me.

The fact that it's fake *does* provide a safety net of sorts for me, as I realize that it's just a story. Would I watch it if it were real? Absolutely not. I didn't watch the beheadings of the soldiers when they were all around the internet, because I thought it was just sick.