The movie I only watched 10 or 15 minutes of on HBO in the 1980’s, has scarred me to this day. Probably will look super cheesy to me now. I caught the movie in the middle I think. I remember characters wearing a lot of brown so I think the film was probably made in the late 70s or early 80s. I only remember two scenes clearly.
Scene A: Middle aged man (and a woman?) stand over a sleeping child. They hold their hands out over the child and the legs deflate like a balloon. It is as if they are sucking the life out of it.
Scene B: A reptilian alien leader addresses a crowd over a large view screen. I think he was wearing a suit and tie!? LOL.
For some reason this movie freaked me out big time. I had trouble sleeping for years afterward. Any help is greatly appreciated in re-living this childhood scare to as an adult.
If the child changes into a ball of light after being crunched into a ball ( the shriveling was just the beginning of it ), it’s definitely Strange Invaders ( 1983 ).
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086374/?ref_=tt_ch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_wt63O4ea4
( Is this the scene at 1:08 ? )
Thank you! You got it exactly!
And here is scene B I described:
https://youtu.be/9Dk5G5_rLW8?t=3m7s
Solved!