History YMMV / Quatermass

* HarsherInHindsight: In the Hammer film version of Quatermass and the Pit at one point Quatermass asks Roney "What would we do if our planet was in danger of extinction, say from climate change" to which Roney replies "Nothing. We'd just go on squabbling as usual". A bit of a cynical take on humanity in 1967, come the 2020's and the climate crisis...

* FaceOfTheBand: Gustafson.

* NightmareFuel: ''Quatermass''... is not a happy album, as can be gleaned from the tropes described thus far. The long and short of it is, don't listen to it late at night. It'll haunt you.

* TrueArtIsAngsty: "'''Post War, Saturday Echo'''".

* RetroactiveRecognition: In ''Quatermass II'', the reporter Hugh Conrad is played by a clean-shaven Creator/RogerDelgado.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: "Post War, Saturday Echo". Aside from the obvious anti-materialistic statements, the title evokes the sort of comparatively trivial societal plagues that were non-issues to those living in wartime, but which have come to flourish in peacetime. Music/RogerWaters would, presumably, very much approve.

* NightmareFuel: The BBC put up one of the first ever content warnings before an episode of ''Quatermass II''. Nigel Kneale once said in an interview he didn't want kids to watch the stories.

* RetroactiveRecognition: In ''Quatermass II'', the reporter Hugh Conrad is played by a clean-shaven Roger Delgado, later to become famous as the first actor to play the Master in ''Series/DoctorWho''.

* VindicatedByHistory: Quatermass, like seemingly all prog acts of the day, were shunned by rock critics of the '70s. Now, those very same critics regard it as a classic piece of work.

* DarthWiki/MostAnnoyingSound: The various electronic instruments heard in "Punting"-- a huge part of its catchiness. And they just won't go away.

* MostAnnoyingSound: The various electronic instruments heard in "Punting"-- a huge part of its catchiness. And they just won't go away.

* EarWorm: Try and get "Punting" out of your head. You can't, huh? Shocker.

* MostAnnoyingSound: The various electronic instruments heard in "Punting"-- a huge part of its EarWorm qualities. And they just won't go away.

* AwesomeMusic: ''Quatermass'' as a whole qualifies, but particularly "Post War, Saturday Echo" and "Laughin' Tackle".

* HellIsThatNoise:
** The creepy, futuristic static noises that provides the segue between "Entropy" and "Black Sheep of the Family".
** Those horrifying discordant strings at the tail end of "Laughin' Tackle". [[Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand It's "A Day in the Life" all over again...]]

* FreudWasRight: "Freudian symbols lay my soul bare..."

* CoveredUp: Ritchie Blackmore's Music/{{Rainbow}} (featuring RonnieJamesDio on vocals) covered "Black Sheep of the Family" in their typical proto-PowerMetal style on their 1975 debut. In fact, the band was formed because the other members of Deep Purple refused to cover the song.

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* CoveredUp: Ritchie Blackmore's [[Rainbow]] (featuring RonnieJamesDio on vocals) covered "Black Sheep of the Family" in their typical proto-PowerMetal style on their 1975 debut. In fact, the band was formed because the other members of Deep Purple refused to cover the song.

* FunnyMoments: "Black Sheep of the Family" uses all cliches related to the unlucky, despised vagabond, to quite humorous effect:

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The 2013 reissue. The biggest deal-breaker is the incomprehensible placement of "One Blind Mice" as the opening track. There's also the remix; while the sound is largely improved, many songs often have sections that are borderline unrecognizable as a result, and the instruments don't coalesce like they should. Some also complain about some songs being split up, and others, combined. [[MurderArsonAndJaywalking Oh, and one of the pteranodons is green now]].

* TheBandMinusTheFace: Quatermass II is often regarded as this, lacking Gustafson and all, but all in all, the end product is considered a worthy follow-up.

* HellIsThatNoise: The creepy futuristic static noises that provides the segue between "Entropy" and "Black Sheep of the Family".

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: "Post War, Saturday Echo". Aside from the obvious anti-materialistic statements, the title evokes the sort of comparatively trivial societal plagues that were non-issues to those living in wartime, but which have come to flourish in peacetime.
* TrueArtIsAngsty: "'''Post War, Saturday Echo'''".

* SpecialEffectsFailure: Watch for the control rod attached to the rocket at the end of ''Quatermass II''. Other than that, there aren't any to speak of, which is pretty remarkable. Even the monster at the climax of the original serial, which was just a glove puppet stuck through a photograph of Westminster Abbey's interior, is quite unsettling judging by the surviving photographs of the effect.

* AccidentallyAccurate: In ''Quatermass and the Pit'' (1967), the protagonists uncover remains of primitive humans from five million years ago. The characters state that no such remains have ever been found back that far in time before. In 1974, Lucy would be found and she would be the oldest human/hominid remains at 3.2 million years until even earlier specimens were found, making the concept of humans being in existence five million years ago well within possibility.

* AccidentallyAccurate: In [[QuaterMass Quatermass and the Pit]] (1967), the protagonists uncover remains of primitive humans from five million years ago. The characters state that no such remains have ever been found back that far in time before. In 1974, Lucy would be found and she would be the oldest human/hominid remains at 3.2 million years until even earlier specimens were found, making the concept of humans being in existence five million years ago well within possibility.

* CompleteMonster: Kickalong from ''Quatermass''.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: The BBC put up one of the first ever content warnings before an episode of ''Quatermass II''. Nigel Kneale once said in an interview he didn't want kids to watch the stories.