Tom Savini was embarrassed by his involvement with this film. When he attended a 1996 Fangoria Weekend of Horror's convention, part of his routine there included playfully getting on his knees to "beg forgiveness" from horror fans at the gathering! Was also reported on at a recounting of the events at the convention in a future issue of Fangoria a few months later.
Actress Andrea Adams (whom played girlfriend Cindy to one of the lead characters) playfully "reviewed" her work in The Ripper on her Amazon account of 'Punk Rock Reader' in the DVD set of "The Ripper Blood Pack". She writes that she enjoyed shooting it most of all out of her obscure horror film work and that her death scene involved a full body mold. She's now a publicist in Los Angeles for stand up comics.
According to the DVD commentary track, director Christopher Lewis choose special effects make-up artist Tom Savini in one of his acting roles from the suggestion of The Ripper's own special make-up effects crew a few days before shooting commenced. They were fans of his. They spoke on the phone soon after. Savini was paid $15,000 according to the DVD commentary and flown in for only one night of work at a Tulsa, Oklahoma small packing plant (for Jack the Ripper's revealed final sequence). Savini later complained to Christopher Lewis that the body double of Jack the Ripper on all the other non-Savini scenes throughout the movie looked very little like him, if any.
According to the DVD commentary track, the black & white photograph in the picture frame as seen in Carol (Mona Van Pernis) the fiancé's bedroom was of actor Tom Schreier's head shot.
This, along with his part in the film Pure Country, was the only other acting from the late Jeffrey R. Fontana whom had a small role as an eccentric class clown. According to the DVD commentary track he reportedly "lead a fast life" in a playful sense according to the film's director and "sort of patterned himself after John Belushi" (his comedic idol). Fontana passed away in 1999.