"I wanted to see what it might look like if mom had talked the boys into a photoshoot in an effort to redefine their post-divorce family unit.

"I could see Sam (Corey Haim) getting into it - he may have had some say in the cheesy curtain backdrop - while Michael (Jason Patric) would have struggled to tolerate such an outing.

"This is my least favourite portrait of the bunch. Such a great film deserves a better effort. I just have to remind myself that Lost Boys director Joel Schumacher also gave us Batman & Robin."