On this day in 1960, AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL PICTURES released (THE FALL OF) THE HOUSE OF USHER. Directed by ROGER CORMAN, based on the story by EDGAR ALLAN POE and with a screenplay by RICHARD MATHESON, the film starred VINCENT PRICE, MARK DAMON, MYRNA FAHEY. There were a whole lot of pre-adolescent boys who lost sleep over this one.