The film does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative primarily explores heterosexual coming-of-age, female sexuality, and the allegorical dangers and allure of the wild, drawing heavily on Freudian interpretations of classic fairy tales and the Little Red Riding Hood story.

The Company of Wolves does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses on a young girl's coming-of-age, female sexuality, and the symbolic transformations between humans and wolves within a fairy tale framework. The film's explorations of identity and transformation do not extend to gender identity.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

The film adapts Angela Carter's short story, which itself is a re-telling of Little Red Riding Hood. All major characters, including Rosaleen, Granny, and the Wolf, maintain the same gender as established in the source material and traditional folklore.

The film adapts a European fairy tale and short story where characters are implicitly white. All main and significant characters in the 1984 film are portrayed by white actors, consistent with the source material's implied racial context.

Not depicted in the film.