Full Moon Cineplex — Attraction in Nashville-Davidson

I'm proud to have FMC part of the Nashville fabric and hope that it continues for a long long time. Ben and Stacey Dixon are exceptional people and want to spread the love of horror, tattoos / piercing and music from their wonderful spot in Hermitage, TN. Someday I hope to have Ben in a more candid setting where I can pick his brain on how he got this started. The Courtyard Theater used to be an eight screen theater that screened new release films from 1988-2001. On September 23, 2016 Ben and Stacey executed on a dream that most of us have but don't have the funding, experience or want the risk of doing. Since then this place has been a haven for horror, cult and fans or revival cinema to go, relax and enjoy the various films, events and lifestyle that FMC caters to. On occasions the Plex will host Q&A's with actors, filmmakers and extended team of films for experiential special events that always are entertaining. This vintage cinema had a plan. Ben and Stacey developed their own haunted house that takes up a good portion of the cinema in the other screening rooms of the building keeping one screen and auditorium for film screenings. The other half of the building is a high end tattoo and piercing shop that provides artists with different styles of tattoo skills depending on what the client would like. The entire interior of the building is a time capsule that is loaded with horror memorabilia including vintage 27 x41 one sheets, signed artifacts, cardboard cut outs, video games and action figures in every direction. Annually Ben and Stacey put on the Full Moon Tattoo and Horror Convention during Easter weekend. As you can see these folks are passionate, humble and personable to bring you the best macabre experience in the Southeast. Thank you for all you do. We all appreciate you weather you are told or not. This is a haven and a home for many...

The concept of this place is way better than the actual experience. First off let me say the staff are awesome, however there are a lot of things that need improving. First, the food is sub par. Not quite Cracker Barrel and a little less Mcdonalds with runny eggs and stale popcorn. Secondly, the furnishings are outdated which might add to the charm of an old theatre but in this case the theatre itself and furnishings haven't been properly restored. Some examples: the dinning chairs in the theatre are very cheap and cause back- side pain after sitting for an hour, and my chair smelled like a cigar. Another example is the floors are not lit or reflector taped to highlight stair drops. We were warned of the drop, however I saw several people stumble down these drops. The decor is centered around a halloween type theme, while it plays to the name of the theatre it didn't fit the genre we were there for. The bathrooms are clean but things like non functioning stall locks with only one stall functioning and sink malfunctions made for a bad experience. I enjoyed the movie showing though because I love film but the accommodations are sorely in need of improvement.

At first glance this seems like a good deal $22 for dinner and a movie with popcorn included, but with bad food, stale popcorn, rickety chairs, and a much needed proper update it really is not. If I were a teenager or young adult I might appreciate this place a little more especially during Halloween but as an older adult I'm a little more picky from necessity. I'd like to add that the staff was extremely nice and I hated leaving a bad review and will definitely change this if this establishment is...

Recently visited this amazing space over the weekend for the first time, and I LOVE it. It’s such a wonderful place to watch amazing movies in a truly fun atmosphere.

Chef Rick chatted with us for quite a while before we went into the theater and he is absolutely the coolest. Plus, his food!!!

**If you are able to get the dinner and movie package, I’d suggest it, because we devoured our dinner before the movie and even asked the chef about his recipe (which he was super friendly and shared with us). It’s well worth the price to buy the movie ticket AND the dinner (plus bottomless soft drinks and popcorn!) in my opinion.

This place is full of kind, awesome people and their movie selection can’t be beat. I’m so happy we found it and that we get to go as often as we can...