The Wayans brothers have revealed the making of two secret post-credits scenes in Scary Movie 6, Short Hand, and Brosferatu, hidden as rewards for fans who stay till the very end. Director Michael Tiddes and writers Marlon and Shawn Wayans had built something so densely packed with parody that the best bits had to be saved for after the curtain call. Rather than cut them entirely, the team made a deliberate choice to preserve them as standalone sketches, each one sharp enough to stand on its own once the main story had wrapped.

While the main film was already overflowing with horror send-ups, these two bonus scenes prove the Wayans had even more up their sleeve.

Short Hand is a full-length send-up of Osgood Perkins' Longlegs, built around the film's most chilling sequence, the interrogation scene. The sketch brings back Chris Elliott, who originally played the gnarled mansion keeper Hanson in Scary Movie 2, and pairs him with Damon Wayans Jr. and Saturday Night Live's Heidi Gardner. Gardner and Damon Wayans Jr. play parodied versions of the roles originated by Blair Underwood and Maika Monroe, and their dynamic gives the sketch an energy that made it impossible to leave on the cutting room floor entirely.

"We just thought Heidi was hilarious. We were thinking about that character, it's always about the character," Marlon Wayans told Entertainment Weekly.

He then added, "And that character being psychic, but playing it dumb, but still being hilarious," made her a perfect fit.

Gardner and Damon Wayans Jr. had first appeared midway through the main film in a mid-credit taste of the Longlegs parody, where their officers mistakenly target an innocent bystander at a bus stop instead of the Nicolas Cage-like villain they are hunting. That scene served as a setup, with Short Hand delivering the full payoff during the credits. Director Michael Tiddes also made deliberate visual choices to separate it from the rest of the film, shooting with wide-angle lenses to mimic Longlegs' signature style and make the sketch feel like its own distinct piece of cinema.

The decision to move it post-credits came down to story flow. In early cuts, the scene pulled audiences too far away from the main narrative, so the team held it back until the plot had fully resolved. Eventually, viewers simply enjoyed it as a sketch without the tonal disruption.

While Short Hand dissected the psychological horror of Longlegs, the second post-credits scene took aim at an entirely different kind of dread.

Brosferatu is a buddy-comedy riff on Robert Eggers' Nosferatu, and it was originally intended to be part of the main film before being bumped entirely. The sketch leans into Marlon and Shawn Wayans-style physical comedy and over-the-top character work to deflate Eggers' foreboding atmosphere, turning the vampire mythology into something far more chaotic and fun. It was replaced in the main cut by the Michael Jackson biopic parody, which featured Kenan Thompson as Jermaine Jackson, a sketch the Wayans felt had broader appeal and better tonal balance within the film.

"I think the Nosferatu scene, 'Brosferatu,' was a part of the movie," Marlon Wayans explained to Entertainment Weekly.

He explained that the parody was ultimately cut in favor of a Michael Jackson spoof, adding, "but we replaced 'Brosferatu' with Michael Jackson because it was just a way bigger movie."

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Shawn Wayans added that the team wanted something non-horror in the main cut for balance, and Michael Jackson fit that need better. Rather than discard Brosferatu entirely, the brothers decided it was too strong to waste and moved it to the credits as an Easter egg for dedicated viewers. The result is a sketch that rewards patience, a full comedic deconstruction of one of 2024's most atmospheric horror films, delivered with the chaos the Wayans franchise is built on.

While the Easter eggs delighted the faithful, the real vindication for the Wayans came in the numbers.

What the film has already delivered speaks for itself. Scary Movie 6 opened to a franchise-record $56 million domestically against a $30 million budget, outpacing Masters of the Universe and crossing $105 million worldwide within its opening run. The numbers signal not just a successful comeback but a full franchise revival, with audiences clearly hungry for what the Wayans do best. And for those who stayed through the credits, Short Hand and Brosferatu made sure the last laugh belonged to them.

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What are your thoughts on the Wayans brothers hiding these post-credits scenes as rewards for fans, and which horror film do you hope gets the full Scary Movie treatment next? Let us know in the comments.