Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is a British-American fantasy film based on the sixth novel by J. K. Rowling, released on 15 July, 2009. David Yates returned to direct the sequel to Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, as did David Heyman and David Barron to produce, and Steve Kloves, though he did not write the fifth film, returned to write. Reprising their roles from earlier films are Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Gambon, the late Alan Rickman, the late Maggie Smith, Timothy Spall, David Thewlis, Julie Walters, Bonnie Wright, David Bradley, Warwick Davis, Tom Felton, Gemma Jones, Natalia Tena, and Mark Williams, while Jim Broadbent and Helen McCrory make their debut for the series. The film is followed by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.
As Harry Potter begins his sixth year at Hogwarts, he discovers an old book marked as "the property of the Half-Blood Prince" and begins to learn more about Lord Voldemort's dark past.
Victims[]
Before the Film[]
- Four Unnamed People - Killed by Lord Voldemort through unknown means off-screen. Revived as Inferius.
- Professor Igor Karkaroff - Murdered by unknown Death Eaters on the orders of Lord Voldemort off-screen. (Debatable)
- Total - 5
During the Film[]
- Fly - Crushed by Cormac McLaggen with his hand.
- Amelia Susan Bones – Murdered by Lord Voldemort in an unspecified manner off-screen, mentioned in a newspaper.
- Bird - Killed in an unspecified manner by an unknown Death eater off-screen, body shown. Proxy Kill for Draco Malfoy.
- Aragog (Acromantula) - Died of natural causes off-screen, body shown.
- Merope Riddle - Died giving birth to Tom Riddle off-screen in 1926, heavily implied.
- Three Unnamed Witches and Wizards - Died in an unspecified manner off-screen, portraits shown.
- Two Inferius - Blew away by Harry Potter using Stupefy spell.
- Inferius - Blew away by Harry Potter suing Sectumsempra spell off-camera.
- Inferius - Blew away by Harry Potter using Stupefy spell off-camera.
- Headmaster Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore - Murdered by Severus Snape using Avada Kedavra at his own request.
- Total - 13
Deaths[]
- Total - 18
- 11 Humans
- 7 Victims of Unknown Gender
- 2 Women
- 2 Men
- 4 Inferius
- All Victims of Unknown Gender
- 1 Acromantula
- All Men
- 1 Animal
- All Birds
- 1 Insect
- All Flies
- 11 Humans
Kill Counts[]
- Tom Marvolo Riddle/Lord Voldemort - 6 (Alive)
- Harry James Potter - 4 (Alive)
- Professor Severus Snape - 1 (Alive)
- Cormac McLaggen - 1 (Alive)
- Draco Lucius Malfoy - 1 (Alive)
