1922 (2017 film)

2017 film by Zak Hilditch September 2025 September 2025 1922 (2017 film).png A photograph of a husband and wife outside their house in the 1920s on a postal stamp. Promotional release poster Zak Hilditch Zak Hilditch Ross M. Dinerstein 1922 Stephen King Thomas Jane Molly Parker Dylan Schmid Kaitlyn Bernard Bob Frazer Brian d'Arcy James Neal McDonough Ben Richardson Merlin Eden Mike Patton Campfire Studios Netflix 2017 9 23 Fantastic Fest 2017 10 20 United States 101 minutes United States English $5 million 1922 is a 2017 American horror film written and directed by Zak Hilditch, based on Stephen King's 2010 novella of the same name. The story follows a man (Thomas Jane) who, conspiring with his son (Dylan Schmid), murders his wife (Molly Parker), which plagues them both with guilt. Kaitlyn Bernard, Bob Frazer, Brian d'Arcy James, and Neal McDonough also star. 1922 premiered at the 2017 Fantastic Fest, before releasing on Netflix on October 20.https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3454461/netflix-sets-premiere-date-stephen-kings-1922/ Netflix Sets Premiere Date for Stephen King's '1922'; First Images Miska Brad August 21, 2017 Bloody Disgusting October 21, 2017 It received positive reviews from critics. Plot In 1922, Wilfred "Wilf" James is a farmer living in Hemingford Home Nebraska, with his wife, Arlette James, and their 14-year-old son, Henry. Arlette inherits additional land from her father and wants the family to sell up a livestock company and move to Omaha. When Wilf objects, she plans to divorce him and take Henry with her. Wilf convinces Henry to help murder his mother, as Henry is in love with the daughter of a neighboring farmer, Shannon Cotterie, and does not wish to move. Henry reluctantly agrees. Wilf gets Arlette drunk and Henry covers her face while Wilf cuts her throat. He dumps her body into a dry well, where her corpse is fed upon by rats. They are visited by the livestock company's lawyer who does not believe their claim that Arlette left them during the night. They drop a cow into the well to hide Arlette's body and provide a justification for filling it in. Sheriff Jones examines their house but finds no evidence of a crime. As time passes, Henry becomes increasingly depressed and Shannon becomes pregnant with his child. Her parents decide to send her to a Catholic institution. Henry steals Wilf's car and runs away with Shannon. As the winter progresses, Wilf sees rats everywhere and drinks heavily. The house and barn fall into a state of disrepair, and he is bitten on the hand by a rat which becomes infected. Wilf is confronted by a vision of his wife, surrounded by the rats that ate her corpse. She recounts the fate of Henry and Shannon. They became robbers, known as the "Sweetheart Bandits". During one of their heists, Shannon is shot, causing her to miscarry the baby and ultimately die. Henry lies down next to her and shoots himself. Wilf is found by the sheriff and taken to the hospital where his hand is amputated. He is told that an unidentified woman's body has been found on the side of the road, which the sheriff assumes is Arlette. Henry's body is delivered to Wilf, which like his mother's body, has been chewed through by rats. He attempts to sell his land to Shannon's father, who tells Wilf to never come back. After selling the land to the livestock company at a low price, Wilf moves to Omaha and finds a job but cannot escape being followed by rats. Eight years later, in 1930, Wilf writes his confession, concluding, "In the end, we all get caught." By the time he finishes, dozens of rats have swarmed his room. Arlette, Henry, and Shannon's corpses have appeared in front of Wilf. Brandishing the same butcher's knife used to kill his mother, Henry tells Wilf that his death will be quick. Cast Thomas Jane as Wilfred "Wilf" Leland James Molly Parker as Arlette Christina Winters James Dylan Schmid as Henry "Hank" Freeman James Kaitlyn Bernard as Shannon Cotterie Bob Frazer as Mr. Lester Brian d'Arcy James as Sheriff Jones Neal McDonough as Harlan "Harl" Cotterie Production While working on These Final Hours (2013), director Zak Hilditch came across Full Dark, No Stars (2010), a collection of four novellas by Stephen King including Big Driver, Fair Extension, A Good Marriage, and 1922. After These Final Hours was completed, Hilditch decided to adapt 1922 into a motion picture, as he had found the story to have been "cinematic" on its own.https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Ca6PQco41edndoaRJ2hzI Spotify S1.E1 1922 w director Zak Hilditch The Commentary Cast Grant Sputore Dave McDonnell Zak Hilditch Zak Hilditch March 9, 2021 March 25, 2021 Writing a speculative screenplay before finding out if he would be able to obtain the rights to the project, Hilditch was given six months to finish writing his script. After meeting producer Ross M. Dinerstein in Los Angeles, who sent his screenplay to Netflix, Hilditch was quickly told that his idea would become a film under the platform. Principal photography for 1922 began in Vancouver with cinematographer Ben Richardson to take advantage of the tax credit given to films shot in Canada. Due to harvesting season, a farmhouse with a cornfield could not be found in time before filming, resulting in the corn depicted in the film being made using corn props from China, computer graphics (CG), and shots taken in Boort, Australia. A farmhouse located in the city of Langley was eventually used during the shooting of the project, with filming concluding in Boort. Reception 1922 received positive reviews. Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports an approval rating of 91% based on 44 reviews, with an average rating of 6.9/10. The site's critics' consensus reads: "Thanks to director Zak Hilditch's patient storytelling and strong work from lead Thomas Jane, 1922 ranks among the more satisfying Stephen King adaptations."https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1922_2017/ 1922 (2017) Rotten Tomatoes Fandango Media October 5, 2019 Metacritic reports an aggregated score of 70 out of 100 based on 8 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.https://www.metacritic.com/movie/1922 1922 Reviews Metacritic CBS Interactive October 5, 2019 John DeFore of The Hollywood Reporter stated "[the] film is not lurid in its scares, and instead depicts its protagonist's suffering mostly as a slow rot."https://hollywoodreporter.com/review/1922-1042649 '1922': Film Review Fantastic Fest 2017 DeFore John September 25, 2017 The Hollywood Reporter November 9, 2017 Critics also lauded Thomas Jane's portrayal of Wilfred James. "The bulk of the movie's appeal, however, comes from Thomas Jane, delivering his most effective performance in ages," said Eric Kohn on Indiewire. "He plays tortured would-be lunatic Wilfred James, who lords over 80 acres of Nebraska farmland that his family has owned for generations. Within five minutes, a disheveled Wilfred establishes in voiceover that he's confessing a crime, and by ten minutes, it's clear what he's done."https://www.indiewire.com/2017/09/1922-review-thomas-jane-stephen-king-netflix-1201879528/ '1922' Review: 'The Shining' Meets 'The Tell-Tale Heart' in the Year's Most Impressive Stephen King Adaptation — Fantastic Fest Kohn Eric September 23, 2017 IndieWire Penske Media Corporation January 24, 2019 References External links https://www.netflix.com/title/80135164 1922_2017 1922 6214928 2010s Film United States Speculative fiction/Horror 1920s Category:2017 horror films Category:2017 films Category:American horror drama films Category:Netflix original films Category:Films based on American horror novels Category:Films based on works by Stephen King Category:Films set in 1922 Category:Films set in 1930 Category:Films set on farms Category:Films set in Nebraska Category:Films shot in Vancouver Category:Films set in country houses Category:Films about uxoricide Category:2017 English-language films Category:2017 American films Category:English-language horror drama films Category:Films directed by Zak Hilditch Category:Works of fiction named after a year