When the bad guys aren't satisfied with killing one or two people at a time, and couldn't care less about Evil Is Stylish, they may hit upon the "creative" solution of applying industrial efficiency to their vile practices. Rather than spend time crafting personalized tortures for their victims, they will automate their evildoing to an efficient and loveless routine that is all the more creepy for it's impersonal detachment. It may not involve machines (though those can be used to amp up the metaphor), but a systemic approach much like a Technician Versus Performer... of evil! Examples: