S17E3 - Fear as a Villain With Christopher Piñero, Writer‑Director of The Prowler

Fear as a Villain, Humanity as the Battleground

Tony zoomed with filmmaker Christopher Piñero to explore how psychological horror can illuminate the most vulnerable corners of human experience. Piñero’s award‑winning short film The Prowler — starring Aaron Dominguez of Only Murders in the Building — is a tense, unsettling descent into fear, paranoia, and the fragile line between perception and reality.

As The Prowler prepares for its LA debut at the LA Shorts International Film Festival, Piñero joins Tony to unpack the film’s origins, emotional architecture, and the cultural influences that shaped its ha...