Banksy's next exhibit is a huge dystopian theme park called 'Dismaland'

Have you ever thought The Happiest Place On Earth is overrated? Are you tired of the "sugar-coated tedium of the average family day out"? Does "entry-level anarchism" sound like a selling point to you? Perhaps it's time to get yourself over to Weston-super-Mare in the U.K. for a visit to Dismaland, the dystopian theme park that's the work of the legendarily subversive and secretive street artist Banksy.

The theme park, which acts as a pop-up art exhibition curated by Banksy and featuring the works of some 50 artists from around the world, offers such delights as a sculpture of a dead Cinderella in a grotesque pumpkin carriage crash, an "oil caliphate-themed golf course," and a real portrait artist who specializes in drawing only the back of your head in great detail.

Of course, visitors are subjected to a TSA-style security scan constructed out of cardboard before they are greeted by disinterested, pink-coated Dismaland park workers inside, some of whom hold dozens of black balloons emblazoned with the words, "I AM AN IMBECILE."

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"I guess you'd say it's a theme park whose big theme is — theme parks should have bigger themes," Banksy explained.

Dismaland will be open to the public for a limited five-week run starting this Saturday. See more photos at Colossal.