A celebrated author's story about a genetic experiment morphs into reality, when it is read by three strangers. Trapped in a room, the four discover that one of them must be killed to save the rest from an escaped undercover recruit.
哈利（丹尼尔·雷德克里夫）即将在霍格沃兹渡过第三个年头，此时在阿兹塔班却传出恶棍小天狼星（加里·奥德曼）越狱的消息。据说小天狼星正是背叛哈利父母的好友，他的教父，而这次小天狼星越狱似乎正是为了找他。哈利的心里悄悄的滋生了为父母报仇的想法，期待着小天狼星的出现。新来的魔法老师卢平（大卫·休里斯）有着桀骜不驯的个性，与哈利关系很好，教了哈利许多实用的黑魔法防御知识
