Mars Attacks I removed the following line from the 1990s section In the 1996 movie Mars Attacks by Tim Burton the aliens heads explode when they hear the song Indian Love Call performed by Slim Whitman While this movie is a comedy the music piece in question cause s the heads of the Martians to pulsate and finally explode The implication is that it is not the sensation of the music but the physical properties of the sound that cause resonation and physical destruction