Looks like television star Eva Longoria-Parker is getting a little desperate to kick-start her film career. After appearing in string of rom-com flops, the “Desperate Housewives” player is shifting gears to headline writer/director Franc Reyes’ (Illegal Tender) upcoming supernatural thriller The Tenement.

Set in New York, The Tenement follows five potential property buyers who get a raw deal when they attend an open house in a haunted tenement building in the Bronx.

Reyes describes his film as a mix of The Exorcist, The Amityville Horror, and Rosemary’s Baby. Shooting is set to begin next month in New York.

Longoria-Parker’s previous horror creds include The Dead Will Tell and the truly horrific Over Her Dead Body.