At the end of the movie, it is implied that Wilfred is about to be killed by the ghosts of Arlette, Henry, and Shannon.

Arc Words: 'In the end, we all get caught.'.

One is buried in the well Arlette is in to justify its stoppage, one has its udder chewed off by a rat, and Wilfred shoots the last, which is freezing to death in the snow. Cows also appear as a symbol of the consequences of Wilfred's actions.Animal Motifs: Rats appear throughout the film as a symbol of decay, both physical and moral.Animal Lover: Henry is fond of cows and is visibly distressed when he and Wilfred drop one into the well Arlette's body is in and it starts mooing in pain he insists that Wilfred 'do something' about the cow, even though the entire point of the cow being there is to justify filling the well and hiding the evidence.For example, Henry's Crisis of Faith, where he wishes that God doesn't exist because then heaven and hell don't exist and he won't have to go to hell for murder, is shown very late in the film however, chronologically it seems to take place soon after he and Wilfred murder Arlette, which takes place early in the move. Anachronic Order: The film jumps back and forth between the framing device of Wilfred writing a confession in real time and the events he's writing about, which themselves are not always presented in order.By the end of the film, Henry and Shannon end up dying, the farm goes into ruin, and Wilf is forced to sell the land at a cheap price and move into the city, rendering Arlette's murder completely pointless. All for Nothing: Wilfred gets his son to help him murder his wife in order to prevent her from selling the land and farm and moving into the city.The film changes the scene so that the three of them actually appear inside the room and Henry brandishes the knife towards Wilf.

Adaptational Alternate Ending: Wilf's narration in the novella ends with him hearing the footsteps of Arlette, Henry, and Shannon outside his hotel room, with the epilogue revealing he was found dead with self-inflicted bite wounds.Abusive Parents: Arlette slaps Henry at dinner when the latter tells her to stop talking about selling the 100 acres and moving to Omaha.While he eventually succeeds with a little help from his son Henry (Dylan Schmid), he had no way of knowing what sort of consequences will befall him and everyone around him as a result. The film stars Thomas Jane as Wilfred James, a Nebraska farmer and self-proclaimed 'conniving man' who decides that Murder Is the Best Solution when his stubborn wife Arlette ( Molly Parker) resolves to sell the land he cherishes. 1922 is a 2017 Netflix original film, based on the novella of the same name by Stephen King from the collection Full Dark, No Stars.

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