Vampires and Soul-Suckers

Tag Area: Fictional Collective
Feature Film

Harry Potter 3

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Compared to the books, I find the Harry Potter movies drawn-out and boring, but I rewatched this one during the pandemic and found that I enjoyed all three thirteen-year-olds as well as Hagrid, Sirius, Snape, Lupin, and—most of all—the fact that the filmmakers didn’t blithely destroy the single static timeline out of a misplaced sense that time travelers are meant to change the timeline willy-nilly. —Michael Main
Hang on! That’s not possible. Ancient Runes is at the same time as Divination. You’d have to be in two classes at once.
Daniel Radcliffe (as Harry Potter), Emma Watson (as Hermione Granger), and Rupurt Grint (as Ron Weasley) are watching something that spooks Harry, fascinates Hermione, and terrifies Ron.
  • Fantasy
  • Audience: YA and Up
  • Definite Time Travel
Novel

Immortal Descendants: Original Series #1

Marking Time

Seventeen year-old Saira Elian’s mother has disappeared, as she does for a few days every couple of years. But this time, Saira ends up searching for her—in time. Along the way she makes friends for the first time in her nomadic life, and she learns that Vampires, Seers, and Shifters are real. But she also makes enemies, including Jack the Ripper. —Tandy Ringoringo
I was tracing a design that was etched into the wall, and it started glowing and humming. And then my whole body was being stretched and pulled, like I was a giant rubber band. And there was a sound that vibrated through my skin and into my stomach, which is probably what made me want to puke—er, vomit.
A woven bronze choker embedded with a small tasseled clock with a Roman numeral clockface.
  • Eloi Bronze Medal
  • Fantasy
  • Audience: YA and Up
  • Definite Time Travel
Novelette

Fortunately, the Milk

When Dad is late returning from a milk (not the fat-free kind) run, he has to explain to his two kids about how he’d been delayed by sundry trips through time. —Michael Main
I am slightly lost in space and time right now and need to get home in order to make sure my children get milk for their breakfast.
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  • Fantasy
  • Comedy
  • Audience: Children
  • Definite Time Travel
Animated Feature Film

Monster High, Movie #10

Monster High: Freaky Fusion

The animated gang of teen monsters travel centuries into the past to the first day ever at Monster High, but when they return they have each merged with another in the group creating freaky hybrid monsters all around. I’m not sure, but I’m betting that Mattel used this DVD release as an opportunity to also sell freaky hybrid fashion dolls. —Michael Main
It’s 1814: They’ve never seen fashion styles like ours before.
Green-skinned Frankie Stein and two of her fellow-students pose in front of a time portal.
  • Fantasy
  • Audience: Children
  • Definite Time Travel
Novella

Immortal Descendants: Baltimore Mysteries #1

Death’s Door

Ren (Alexandra Reynolds) owns a neighborhood bar in Baltimore. One evening, Edgar Allan Poe stumbles in—not an early Halloween reveler in costume, but the real thing. In the course of their acquaintance, both Ren and Poe learn more about themselves. Did I mention that Ren is descended from a freed slave mother and a white slave-owning father? And that Poe was an anti-abolitionist? —Tandy Ringoringo
The notepaper was faded with age, and although I’d never seen it before, I knew he’d hidden it there the night I met him again, so many, many years before.
Profile of a woman gazing into the distance with a bird of prey, a clockface, and Edgar A. Poe’s signature in the background.
  • Fantasy
  • Definite Time Travel
Cartoon

What If  . . . ? (s01e04)

What If . . . Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?

As we all know, when the world’s formost surgeon, Doctor Strange, lost the use of his hands in a car wreck, it prompted him to search out mystic treatments and eventually become the Master of the Mystic Arts. But what if he had lost something else in that wreck? —Michael Main
The Ancient One: Her death is an Absolute Point in time.
Dr. Strange: Absolute?
A.O.: Unchangable. Unmovable. Without her death, you would never have defeated Dormamu and become the Sorcerer Supreme—and the guardian of the Eye of Agamotto. If you erase her death, you never start your journey.
A computer animated cartoon drawing of Benedict Cumberbatch (as Doctor Strange) casting a spell.
  • Eloi Silver Medal
  • Fantasy
  • Superhero
  • Audience: YA and Up
  • Definite Time Travel
Novel

Time Witch 1

So You Think You’ve Married a Warlock?

Essie lives with her Uncle Rick, who took her in when her parents died, when she was about four. He owns a clock and watch shop and she works for him, doing almost everything needed to run the shop except dealing with the watches and clocks. The shop is losing money, so she goes to look for another job. Normal enough, right? But . . . she gets the job almost instantly, time stops when she is rescued from almost falling into a canal, one of her neighbors is murdered, she sees someone that no one else does, and she is off on a business trip with her handsome boss—to Las Vegas. And then things start to get really weird. —Tandy Ringoringo
And this kind of uncontrolled reaction we’re having right here, two strong time-stopping powers together—if we keep kissing, we won’t just create creepy frozen mannequins out of everyone around us. And I shouldn’t have used the word ripples, either, because we won’t create mere ripples, Essie. We’ll create tsunamis. People will lose time, gain time, grow older, grow younger . . . timelines will get all mixed up. The past and the present will collide. It’ll be . . . messy.
A young woman wearing a witch hat and holding purple tulips.
  • Fantasy
  • Romance
  • Mystery and Crime
  • Definite Time Travel
Novel

Time Witch 2

So You Think You’re a Sleuth?

Essie’s husband Julian and his brothers have been arrested and imprisoned. With the removal of spells that had blocked memories of other family members, Essie learns that she has an identical twin sister (in looks at least) and an aunt. Some mysteries are solved, but new ones appear. Magical devices that can assist with or impede the abilities of Time Witches appear. Essie works with (and without) the Wayfarers (magical society's police force) to solve murders. And . . . is Julian really a bad guy? —Tandy Ringoringo
And I would tell you that you need to be careful when you go back in time—make sure you don’t change a thing, no matter how tempting that might be.
A contemplative young woman, dressed in red and wearing a witch hat, stands beside a black cat.
  • Fantasy
  • Romance
  • Mystery and Crime
  • Definite Time Travel
Novel

Time Witch 3

So You Think You Can Dance?

Essie is missing Julian, who’s in witness protection, and she’s caught a chill that simply will not go away, even though it’s summer. The Wayfarers (magical police) are avoiding her, which only makes her suspicious that they’re using him for bait. So, when her boss needs to go undercover at a dance class to investigate a possibly fraudulant insurance claim, Essie demands to join him to distract herself from her woes. —Tandy Ringoringo
‘You know if I could stop what happened to Vince, I would,’ I told her. ‘But Time Witches can’t really change things without bringing a crapstorm down on their heads. If I thought there wouldn’t be consequences, I’d do it in a heartbeat.’
A young witch in a black hat sits cross-legged beside a black cat.
  • Fantasy
  • Romance
  • Mystery and Crime
  • Definite Time Travel
Novel

Time Witch 4

So You Think You Can Dance?

Essie is missing Julian, who’s in witness protection, and she’s caught a chill that simply will not go away, even though it’s summer. The Wayfarers (magical police) are avoiding her, which only makes her suspicious that they’re using him for bait. So, when her boss needs to go undercover at a dance class to investigate a possibly fraudulant insurance claim, Essie demands to join him to distract herself from her woes. —Tandy Ringoringo
‘You know if I could stop what happened to Vince, I would,’ I told her. ‘But Time Witches can’t really change things without bringing a crapstorm down on their heads. If I thought there wouldn’t be consequences, I’d do it in a heartbeat.’
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  • Fantasy
  • Romance
  • Mystery and Crime
  • Definite Time Travel
Novel

Time Witch 4

So You Think You Can Turn Back Time?

Belinda, Essie's identical twin, is still in love with Vince, who is dealing with PTSD from when Julian’s brothers kidnapped him. Vince is refusing to get any help for his PTSD, and he is in a temporary assignment in Dublin, forcing Belinda to go to Dublin if she wants to keep their relationship alive. It is a very lopsided relationship. —Tandy Ringoringo
[. . .] it can be kind of mind-blowing and a little bit nauseating to jump through time, so trying to hold an invisibility spell of your own at the same time could be hard. Hey.’ She gave me a quick hug. ‘Don’t worry, okay? If Bill and Ted can handle time travel, then so can we.’
A white cat sits behind a young woman with red lipstick and a crown of flowers on her head.
  • Fantasy
  • Romance
  • Mystery and Crime
  • Definite Time Travel