 In the original ending, the cult of Thorn kidnaps Kara and Danny Strode,  intending to curse Danny with the sign of Thorn just like Michael Myers was  as a child and make him kill his mother in a blood sacrifice. Kara is tied to  a sacrificial altar in the bowels of Smiths Grove Sanitarium. Theyre saved  by Tommy, who eventually stops Michaels pursuit of them with the carved  stones he calls "the runes of light," which he explained to Kara in an  earlier, also deleted scene as being the bane of the sign of Thorn. These  rune stones are arranged in the Shapes path by Tommy, and when he steps  within their circle, the Shape is frozen in place, like a mystical ward.  Tommy then escapes with Danny and Kara, leaving Dr. Loomis to return, and  face Michael and Dr. Wynn in the final scene.