[Miss Olivia]

It's because people aren't afraid of the monster in the closet anymore, now they're afraid of the monster who lives in the apartment below them. I've met a lot of people who have no fear of the traditional monster because "there's no such thing," but will talk all night about Charles Speck or Richard Ramirez. It seems like there's a loss of imagination in general among the majority of people, especially the ones under thirty five.
Give me a good old werewolf or science experiment gone wrong any day....at least you can shoot them with a silver bullet or fry them in a vat of acid....with the human atrocities, the punishment doesn't usually fit the crime.
"Oh, you tortured and killed children? You must be crazy, let's put you in a box with hot food and a t.v. so you don't do it anymore. At least until your fourth parole hearing."