1922 Ending Explained | ScreenRant
As 1922 wears on, Wilfred is haunted by the decaying specter of his wife (and later his son) - she lurks outside his house, torments him with visions of Hank's failed life of crime and later appears at his funeral - all the while flanked by increasingly large hordes of rats. There's a constant question of if these are actual ghosts or just in Wilfred's mind.