Psycho-thrillersfilms - Daisy Stone - Uber Driv... May 2026
Ellie (Daisy Stone) drives nights in Los Angeles to pay for her mother’s nursing home. She’s an insomniac with a dashcam, a taser under her seat, and a habit of psychoanalyzing every rider. One night, she picks up “Mr. Smith” (a chilling turn by veteran character actor Mark Felt), a polite but unsettling businessman who leaves a bloodstained handkerchief in her back seat.
Over three increasingly tense nights, Ellie tracks his movements, breaks into his rental history, and discovers three missing women all linked to his pickup locations. But her evidence is circumstantial, her mind frayed from lack of sleep, and her only ally (a dispatcher played by Ron Ngyuen) thinks she’s hallucinating.
The film’s final act — set entirely inside Ellie’s 2019 Toyota Camry during a rainstorm — is a masterclass in claustrophobic tension. Daisy Stone holds the screen alone for 20 minutes, switching between tears, rage, and cold calculation. Psycho-ThrillersFilms - Daisy Stone - Uber Driv...
Title: Uber Driver (Hypothetical Psycho-Thriller) Key Character: Daisy Stone (Protagonist or Victim) Genre: Psychological Thriller / Neo-Noir
Daisy Stone picks up a mysterious rider named “Ryan” at 2 AM. Ryan claims they have met before—during a murder she does not recall. As she drives through empty city streets, the Uber app begins malfunctioning, rerouting her to abandoned warehouses. Daisy realizes her back-seat camera shows her driving alone, even though Ryan is clearly talking to her. The film climaxes with Daisy looking into the rearview mirror to see herself in the back seat, bloody and smiling. Ellie (Daisy Stone) drives nights in Los Angeles
| Trope | Implementation in Uber Driver | | :--- | :--- | | Unreliable Narrator | Daisy’s dashcam footage contradicts her memories. | | Confined Spaces | 90% of the film takes place inside a Toyota Camry. | | Doppelgänger | A second passenger who looks exactly like Daisy appears in the back seat. | | Gaslighting | The Uber GPS voice begins taunting her personally. |
Born in Portland, Oregon, Daisy Stone (30) began in web series and micro-budget horror. Her breakthrough came in the found-footage psycho-thriller Rearview (2022), where she played a cab driver haunted by a ghost. Director Lena Olin chose her for Uber Driver after seeing that film, praising Stone’s “ability to convey dread with just her eyes in a rearview mirror.” Smith” (a chilling turn by veteran character actor
For Uber Driver, Stone learned defensive driving, studied bodycam footage of real rideshare drivers, and slept only four hours per night for two weeks to authentically portray insomnia. The result is a raw, jittery performance already earning festival buzz (Best Actress nominee at Sitges 2025).