I really like the idea that not all the films are from the US. A wide variety of material is always a good thing to compare others or even your own work too. I understand that presale tickets to this festival got moved up from late october to this friday the 13th of october. I thought that was a nice little twist to the whole show.
Thought you might be interested in this as well. The Miss Horror Fest is a quite a riot if you ask me. but 50 thousand bucks would not be something to complin about.
http://www.youtube.com/horrorfest