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What is the Rank button for?

The Rank tab and the Rank button open the ranking flow: pick a film from search, your watchlist or new this season, say how scary it was, answer head-to-heads, and it lands

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It starts the ranking flow. There are three ways in: the Rank tab, the plus in the middle of the tab bar; the Rank button on any film's page; and "Rank the film" on the daily pick card. Pick what you watched and the flow carries straight on into how scary it was.

What happens after you tap it

From the Rank tab, first the film. The screen asks "Watch any movies recently?" with a search box, "Search a film to rank", and two shelves, "New this season" and "Watchlist". A film that is not out yet says "Not out yet" and cannot be picked. From a film's page or the daily pick, the film is already filled in.

Second, "How scary was it?": Terrifying (nightmare fuel), Some scares (a few good jolts) or Barely flinched (slept fine). This decides which of your films the new one is compared against and the range its score can land in, so a film that wrecked you never finishes below one you slept through.

Third, "Anything to remember?": an optional review with a "Contains spoilers" switch, who you watched with, tags, the "Loved this?" heart, and "Stealth mode" to keep the rank off the feed. Then "Start ranking", or "Rank it" when there is nothing yet to compare against.

Fourth, the head-to-heads. The question is "Which was scarier?"; tap a poster or drag toward the scarier one, with an undo if you slip. Each answer narrows where the film sits, and after a handful of comparisons the screen says "Added to your rankings", with the scare score in skulls and the film's place in your list. Share it or tap Done, and if this rank started a new week on your streak, or was your first film from a director or of a subgenre, a card says so.

After it is ranked

On the film's page the button now reads "Ranked". Tap it for "Re-rank head-to-head", "Edit" and "Remove from watched". The heart takes the place of the watchlist button, so you can mark the film as loved any time.

The full walkthrough is on head-to-head ranking. If a film landed somewhere odd, see re-rank a film. If it is not out yet, see unreleased films. For your first few rankings, the start here guide has a method.

Related questions

Can I rank a film I have not finished?

You can. Most people wait for the credits, since the score is for the whole watch.

What if the film is not on Gasper?

Search covers any horror film on TMDb. If it is missing or filed under another genre, it needs fixing on TMDb.

Can I rank a TV series?

No. Gasper is a horror film logger, and the catalog is films.

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