THE CRIMSON GHOST a.k.a. CYCLOTRODE ‘X’ (1966) w/ Misfits music videos pre-show presented by Strange Brew
October 21 : 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
This film is presented by St. Louis’s long-running cult film series Strange Brew — winner of the 2025 A-List Award for Best Movie Night in St. Louis. Strange Brew programmer Jon Scorfina will provide an introduction.
The Crimson Ghost is a twelve-chapter film serial from 1946 produced by Republic Pictures. It follows a criminologist named Duncan Richards (Charles Quigley) as he tries to thwart the dastardly plans of a hooded villain wearing a skull mask known as The Crimson Ghost. The eponymous villain is trying to steal the Cyclotrode X, a device that can disable all electronics, which the miscreant hopes to obtain to wreak havoc throughout the world. Cyclotrode ‘X’ is a re-edit of the twelve chapters shortened and combined into a 100-minute television film released in 1966.
The Crimson Ghost aka Cyclotrode ‘X’ is a campy blast, featuring countless double crosses, sucker punches, mind control collars and multiple people jumping from exploding vehicles, all in an effort to foil the cloaked evildoer from obtaining the atomic device. The film is best remembered now as the inspiration behind the mascot image for horror punk band The Misfits, with the skull visage seen on dozens of Misfits’ albums, singles and t-shirts, cementing the villain’s place as a pop-culture icon.
A Misfits Music Video Preshow will start at 6:30 pm.
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- All seats are first-come, first-served.
- The theater opens 30 minutes prior to showtime, except for “Happy Hour” events and pre-shows when the theater opens at the listed start time.
- When a screening is sold out, we open a waitlist 30 minutes before showtime. You must physically come to the lobby to get your name on the waitlist. Seats are released as they become available. All remaining seats are released at showtime.
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