sneak into town
v. phr.— «Scarier than anything in “Captivity” was the drive to Danvers I had to go through to see it. The new horror film, a wan, derivative entry in the torture-porn cycle, didn’t screen for critics and is playing only in a few suburban multiplexes before scampering to DVD. This is what’s known as sneaking into town.» —“Audience would be wise to escape ‘Captivity’” by Ty Burr Boston Globe July 14, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Quiz Guy John Chaneski was inspired by a version of film in which a filmmaker went to the trouble to take a clip of every word used in the movie The Wizard of Oz, arranging them in alphabetical order, all the way to the Tin Man’s saying zipper...