Oho!  
I think I'm going to put this on! Sounds like it'll make death a bit more exciting. I like the mystery of the whole thing so yeah, I find the death animations a bit over-played and weirdly break some of the tension that's built. Plus, when he gets chopped or ripped apart he just kinda... falls to pieces, like 'upper arm', 'lower arm' 'hand' etc. Looks a little bit like a jumped-up flash game when this happens. 
Still, either way is/sounds great.

I dunno, I felt I should have to suffer through watching the poor kid's intestines flying about as a result of my failure, as some sort of punishment.
 
I imagine the Gore Filter works better with those who own a better imagination than mine.

Oh internet kids and their love of the words "Confirm" and "Deny". 
 
I think watching him getting his head lobbed off is more disturbing.

After testing I can state that I prefer the gore filter... OFF.  
I like seeing a small boy chopped to pieces. 
Oh God... what's wrong with us?

I enjoy having the gore on but "enjoy" is a strong word. The deaths are really cringe-worthy and it kind of adds to the game.

I was just coming on to post about this.  I will play with the gore filter off, but I tried with it on and I will agree that there is also something profoundly disturbing about only hearing the death of the boy as the screen cuts to black.  It adds more of a finality to the death, I think.

If i'm playing it on default it has the gore right?

I thought the extremely visceral nature of the deaths actually added significantly to the tone. It was always such a shocking juxtaposition to how understated everything else in the game was. I could literally feel the blood drain from my face the first time I saw the spider impale the boy.