Creator Highlight: Anaya Davis

By: Myriam Akbar

Meet Anaya Davis—a passionate and charismatic social media content creator, based in Los Angeles. She started making videos on TikTok about television and film in March 2023, becoming known for her character analysis and rankings. Mostly covering horror and drama, Davis has gained a solid following and exciting opportunities. This summer she spoke on the Housewives of Horror panel, at GhoulieCon in Kentucky. 

    “It was exciting to be alongside like-minded people, discussing horror and how important women are to the genre,” she says. “It was scary at first but so much fun. I felt at home once the nerves wore off and hope to do more similar events,” says Davis. 

    When asked to reflect on where her television and film journey began, Davis remembers loving it since she could comprehend it. “I fell in love with being fully immersed in the world that was being built in front of me and it also contributed to my own creativity,” she shares.    As for the horror genre, she became a fan young as well and recalls feeling at home in the chaos of it all. “One of my earliest memories was watching Candyman. I was mesmerized by Tony Todd’s performance. He was so locked in and I was in awe of how just his voice alone could invoke fear,” she says. Some of Davis’ favorite films are slashers like A Nightmare on Elm Street and Scream, as well as I Saw the TV Glow, Age of Adeline, and The Lion King. As for television shows, she highlights Pretty Little Liars, The Walking Dead, Vampire Diaries, and The 100. “I like long shows where I can get invested. I’m such a binge watcher,” she says. 

    Davis’ favorite aspect about making content is being able to “yap,” she says. She considers the harder parts to be the dry spells and getting caught up in her videos not performing well. When asked what her goals were in regard to TikTok, she said, “I would like to get out of my little niche box and bring more of my creativity into my content.” 

    In addition to her love for television and film, Davis is a lover of reading and writing. Recently she completed a slasher novel titled, The Glass Knife and is preparing to send it off to literary agents. “Slasher is a scary little subgenre to jump into because there’s so much planning that takes place when writing a who-dun-it,” she shares. Her previous projects have leaned more into fantasy and while there were hints of horror, this was her first time diving fully into the genre. “My writing style is similar in this one, but the characters and themes are very different,” she says. As someone who overall cherishes storytelling, Davis considers screenwriting somewhere down the line.