Yes, it is what I call “violence porn”. Why do people want to wallow in such gore? I think of the Bible verse that says put nothing unworthy before your eyes. It is all part of our culture of death.
When Ulfilas translated the Bible into Gothic in the 4th century, he left out a few of the books that have a lot of warfare in them, figuring that the Goths didn't need the encouragement. ("Amalekites?" "Kill 'em all!")