Devil's Workshop (2022)

Struggling actor Clayton is so desperate to land a role as a demonologist that he spends a weekend with Eliza, a practitioner of the dark arts, to "become" the character. While his arrogant rival Donald prepares for the same audition by partying and being shallow, Clayton undergoes a series of grueling and increasingly violent rituals at Eliza’s secluded home. Eliza claims Clayton is haunted by internal demons that block his success, forcing him to endure blood sacrifices, branding, and psychological torture. The weekend culminates in a horrific twist where Eliza reveals her true demonic form by peeling away her human face; she then immolates herself, taking Clayton with her in a lethal fire. The film concludes with Donald bombing his audition, while the casting directors lament that Clayton, the man they actually wanted never showed up, unaware he has been sacrificed to the very forces he sought to portray.