At a Dallas, Tx, summer camp circa 1975, our counselors showed a film or short that always sort of haunted me… Even though I forget almost all of it, I’m wondering if, based on some sparse clues, folks can tell me the title…
Here the deal:
Story follows two very young teens, a boy and a girl, possibly siblings, in an abandoned urban landscape.
They’re chased by a creepy adult who sprayed beams of light from a wand or gun. Those struck become enslaved, kinda like zombies or body-snatchers, as evidenced by the charcoal-colored rings beneath and around their eyes.
The siblings are seperated and pursued.
The story ends when they are reunited at last – a happy ending until it is revealed that one of the siblings has blackened eyes – and captures the other! Noooooooo!
Any ideas?