Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Movie, 2002, The Hogwarts Years, Set in 1992
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is #2 of 11 in release order and #5 of 11 in chronological order in the Wizarding World.
The story
Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts. Adventure and danger await when bloody writing on a wall announces: The Chamber Of Secrets Has Been Opened. To save Hogwarts will require all of Harry, Ron and Hermione's magical abilities and courage.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets recap
The house-elf Dobby tries to stop Harry going back to Hogwarts, and Ron and his brothers rescue Harry in a flying car. At school, students and a ghost are found petrified, and a message on the wall announces that the Chamber of Secrets, built by Salazar Slytherin, has been opened and its monster is hunting Muggle-born students. Harry discovers he can speak Parseltongue, the snake language, and the school suspects him. Hermione is petrified. Harry finds an old diary belonging to Tom Riddle that shows him a memory of Hagrid being blamed for the Chamber fifty years ago. Then Ron's sister Ginny is taken into the Chamber, and Harry and Ron go after her, dragging along the fraudulent teacher Gilderoy Lockhart, whose memory charm backfires on himself.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ending explained
In the Chamber, Tom Riddle reveals he is the young Voldemort, preserved in the diary and draining Ginny's life. Dumbledore's phoenix Fawkes brings Harry the Sorting Hat, and he pulls the sword of Gryffindor from it, kills the basilisk, and stabs the diary with a fang, destroying Riddle. Ginny lives. Harry frees Dobby from Lucius Malfoy, who planted the diary. The diary later turns out to be one of Voldemort's Horcruxes.
Post-credits scenes
Yes. After the credits, a sign in Flourish and Blotts advertises Lockhart's new book, "Who Am I?", a joke about his lost memory. It sets up nothing further.
Where to watch Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is streaming on fuboTV, Peacock, and HBO Max in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 7.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 82%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, before Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
- Chronological order: after Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, before Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
What to watch before Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001), which Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) continues.
Cast
- Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter
- Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley
- Emma Watson as Hermione Granger
- Kenneth Branagh as Gilderoy Lockhart
- Toby Jones as Dobby (voice)
- Robbie Coltrane as Rubeus Hagrid
- Richard Harris as Albus Dumbledore
- Alan Rickman as Severus Snape
- Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy
- Jason Isaacs as Lucius Malfoy
- Shirley Henderson as Moaning Myrtle
- Richard Griffiths as Vernon Dursley
Directed by Chris Columbus.