A messed-up ‘Steamboat Willie’ horror film was shot on the Staten Island ferry Pete Davidson and Colin Jost bought

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being bought by Pete Davidson and Colin Jost for $280,000.The movie’s freaky, big-eared scamp aboard the doomed vessel is, of course, based on 1928’s “Steamboat Willie,” Disney’s first Mickey cartoon.

But there are no punishing lawsuits on the way from the famed studio. The animated short entered the public domain last year, which means creatives are free to mess with it as they please.

See: “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey.”How, though, did cute little Mickey wind up here?“I’m from Staten Island, and I’ve always wanted to make a horror movie on the Staten Island ferry — you know a slasher or murder mystery,” director Steven LaMorte told The Post, adding that every day passengers are basically trapped during their watery commute. “Once the ferry takes off, it’s 22 minutes of terror.”LaMorte previously directed “The Mean One,” a scary parody of Dr.

Seuss’ “How The Grinch Stole Christmas.” He wanted to stay in that horror-comedy realm, and discovered that “Steamboat Willie” would soon be hitting the public domain.His interest was piqued.“I did a little research and [found out] the Staten Island ferry was once powered by steam,” the director said. “So that’s our steamboat, there’s our monster and what better backdrop to have for our killer, murderous, mischievous mouse movie than the Staten Island ferry with the New York City skyline in the background?”To prep, LaMorte and his wife, Amy Schumacher, who also stars in the movie and acts as producer, rode the normal ferry constantly — 15 to 20 times on one day alone — to explore all the possibilities for cartoon carnage.“We were looking at all the little hatches.