Sometimes there are things from your childhood that you just flat out forget about. Most of the time those things are little, and really had no impact on you. Then there are those other things. Things you’d forgotten about that you really, truly, loved as a child. One of those things for me is “My Pet Monster”.

As a kid I was not at all interested in carrying around a “My Buddy”. I thought that guy was lame. I already had a little brother, why on earth would I need a simulated little brother too? A monster, on the other hand, that was a different story. Plus, this thing looked like he could tear your head off. I mean, just look at him…

That guy looks like he could eat YOUR SOUL!!!!! I loved that thing. I mean seriously – do you think the boogyman is coming into your room if this guy is standing guard at your bed? NO WAY!

So, as you can imagine when a video came out in the 80s called “My Pet Monster” you can bet I was interested in renting it from the local video store. I did just that, and what I found was a 45 minute movie about a kid named Max who was turned into a Monster that looked like a friendly character at a theme park than the hideous beast I was holding while the video played.

The story involves Max and his siblings running from a scientist and rescuing a kidnapped dog.

You’d think I would have hated it….but you would have been wrong. For some reason, I loved it. It became a regular rental when we’d venture to the video store and there was nothing else to get. My Pet Monster was my old stand by. My mother probably could have purchased the tape 3 or 4 times over with the amount of times she paid $.99 for me to take it home for 2 days.

Still, as I grew up, many of my favorite shows as a kid stuck with me, but this one fell by the wayside in my memory. At least, until about a week ago.

After doing some digging I stumbled across a copy of the video, and promptly sat down with my daughter to watch it. I expected to cringe all the way through it, but somehow even now, I can’t help but love it. When we were finished watching it my daughter told me it was “funnier than Kung Fu Panda” (which she actually enjoyed quite a bit).

The movie itself is insanely cheesy, and cliche, but darn it – its fun. If you can get a hold of (and if you look hard enough, you can), you should check it out. They really do need to bring the mean, soul stealing Monster back – kids today would love him.