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If the chilly Iowa weather is going to keep you inside for Halloween this year, you might as well turn down the lights and turn on a scary movie. Better yet, a scary movie set or filmed in Iowa!

Most horror-movie remakes are, well, bad, but here are 21 scary-good remakes that you should actually take the time to watch, like ‘Evil Dead,’ ‘The Fly,’ ‘The Thing,’ ‘The Crazies,’ and more.

A look at five movies filmed in the great state of Iowa: from Bridges of Madison County to Take This Job and Shove It!

A look at five movies filmed in the great state of Iowa: from Bridges of Madison County to Take This Job and Shove It!

A look at five movies filmed in the great state of Iowa: from Bridges of Madison County to Take This Job and Shove It!

A look at five movies filmed in the great state of Iowa: from Bridges of Madison County to Take This Job and Shove It!

A look at five movies filmed in the great state of Iowa: from Bridges of Madison County to Take This Job and Shove It!

One of the better horror remakes to emerge during the last two decades has been taking a bite out of the Netflix most-watched list.

Now streaming on: "The Crazies" is a perfectly competent genre film in a genre that has exhausted its interest for me, the Zombie Film. It provides such a convenient storytelling device: Large numbers of mindless zombies lurch toward the camera as the hero wreaks savage destruction; they can be quickly blown away, although not without risk and occasional loss of life. When sufficient zombies have been run through, its time for a new dawn. I know there can be good Zombie Films. Ive seen some: "D...