The invention discloses a threaded twist joint type initiator and a cracking device. The threaded twist joint type initiator comprises a housing, a filling cavity, an ignition mechanism and an inflation mechanism, wherein the filling cavity is formed in the housing, the housing is connected to and seal the ignition mechanism and the inflation mechanism, and the filling cavity is filled with supercritical oxygen and a carbon-containing organic matter or a reductive single element; the ignition mechanism comprises an electric heating wire, a wire, a perforated hole of the wire, a sealed base body and a thread hole slot; the electric heating wire is connected to the wire, the thread hole slot is located in the upper portion of the perforated hole of the wire, a positive electrode contact pin is mounted at the axis of the thread hole slot, the positive electrode contact pin and the sealed base body are insulative, the surrounding edge of the thread hole slot is a negative electrode connecting thread, the bottom end of the perforated hole of the wire is an internal threaded hole, an internal sealing rubber ring is mounted in the bottom of the internal threaded hole, the internal threaded hole is matched with a perforated screw, and the wire penetrates through the internal sealing rubber ring and the perforated screw. The initiator disclosed by the invention has the advantages of being low in manufacturing cost, high in mixing uniformity of reaction materials, high in heat release efficiency, good in transporting safety and stable in connection of the wire.