Khong Khaek 2 showtimes: the Djinn's Curse sequel is at 71 Malaysian cinemas, rated 18

Khong Khaek 2 is on at 71 Malaysian cinemas this week, which is a great deal of room for a Thai horror film. It opened on Thursday 24 September, and this site's listings, which run to Wednesday 30 September, give it 811 sessions at nine chains, from GSC and TGV to Mega in Langkawi, 10 Star in Tawau and Papar, and One Cinemas in Ampang. Only six films have more sessions in this site's listings this week, and four of those are Hollywood releases.

The first film reached Malaysia in November 2023

The first Khong Khaek, sold in English as The Djinn's Curse, came here as an import. Berita Harian reported in November 2023 that it was billed as Thailand's first Islamic horror film, that it had opened in Thailand on 28 September that year, and that a local company, Yusrych Global Sdn Bhd, had brought it to cinemas across Malaysia from 2 November. The company's founder, Yusry Makmor, told the paper the film had taken RM6 million in its first 11 days in Thailand and that its trailer had drawn three million views; it premiered here at GSC The Starling Mall in Petaling Jaya.

The same report carried the director's case for why it would travel. Kriangkrai Monvichit said that in religion and culture the film was not far from Malaysia, all the more so because it was about the people of southern Thailand. That first story followed Win, played by Golf-Akara Lucas, who moves his family to a remote corner of Narathiwat to escape a djinn and finds something worse there.

The sequel starts over at Mount Budo

The new film is a fresh story rather than a continuation. GSC's synopsis has Diana disappearing into the forest near a village at Mount Budo and coming back violent, until her husband Anas kills her; he then has to find a way to bring her soul back from the realm of the djinn. Kriangkrai Monvichit directs again, according to both chains' listings, with Yotsawat Tawapee, Mim Rattawadee Wongthong and Sutida Burtig in the cast. GSC and 10 Star list it at 98 minutes and TGV at 100, and neither of the big chains' pages names a Malaysian distributor this time.

Rated 18, and scheduled for late nights

The classification is 18, so this is an adults-only booking. It is in Thai, with Malay and English subtitles at GSC and Chinese subtitles as well at TGV. The chains are treating it as an evening film: more of its sessions start between 10pm and 11pm, 111 of them, than in any other hour of the day, and 32 start after midnight, 19 at GSC and 12 at TGV.

Its map is also wider than an import usually gets. Kuala Lumpur has 142 sessions, Johor 115 and Selangor 111, but Kedah has 68, Penang 67, Perak 61 and Terengganu 45, across 14 states in all. The busiest single cinema is TGV Station 18 in Ipoh, with 22 sessions, ahead of Paragon Alor Star Mall with 21 and GSC Sunway Carnival with 20.

Picking a session

The Khong Khaek 2 page lists every cinema and session, ordered from the Klang Valley outward, and the showtimes page puts each cinema's Khong Khaek 2 times side by side. A 10:30pm show ends a little after midnight. The listings stop at Wednesday because the chains have not yet published Thursday's sessions; they appear here soon after a chain releases them, and every session links to that chain's own booking page.