Tom Savini plays an immortal Jack the Ripper who starts stalking and butchering young women in Oklahoma.The main suspect is Professor Richard Harwell,who is teaching his students about Famous Crimes on Film and Whitechapel Murders to be precise.There is also the ring which once belonged to Jack the Ripper himself."The Ripper" by Christopher Lewis is an utter tripe.Tom Savini does not appear on screen until the final five minutes.Still the killings are gory and sadistic as they include juicy throat slashings and graphic disembowellings.The cast is pretty awful and there is no suspense.Still I will give "The Ripper" 6 out of 10 because of its sadistic streak.

Tom Savini as Jack the Ripper! Right on!! I really enjoy this movie, but it suffers drastically from being shot on video. Too bad, a bit of a larger budget, a few re-writes, and it could have been released theatrically. This movie has some of the goriest scenes I have ever seen, and I like gory films. The dialouge is a bit amaturish, and it does have the air of a student film, but with Mr. Savini's special effects, they more than compensate. So to cut it to the quick: If ya like Savini, watch.

OK, I like some of Tom Savini's work, but this was by far, one of his worst. First of all, you can tell that this was a shot-on-video film because of the cheesy camerawork. And second, the gory special effects almost made my throw up. Well, OK, I was 10 at the time but I was seeing with my parents and I was a huge horror fan at the time. But this was one of the worst!!! Avoid it all costs!!!!

This is a movie based on the legend of Jack the Ripper, when a college professor purchases a ring that replicates the ring Jack the Ripper wore he begins to act strange. The movie is poorly filmed and lacks artistic input. The music is boring and the characters are unbelievable at some points. The movie becomes repetitive and there is a small twist thrown in at the end. Wow, this is a hard movie to finish watching, but if you begin to connect with the college professor's infatuation with Jack the Ripper you probably will be able to sit through the whole movie.