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Talk about cleaning your home plate. The Red Sox swept the World Series, erasing the Colorado Rockies. Searches on Sox stars Jacoby Ellsbury, John Henry, and Jon Lester all surged.

As for other spikes, the weekend was about finding redemption, pursuing justice, and some last-moment Halloween planning.

When you welcome the undead, don’t forget the Martha Stewart cupcakes.

After the costume, sprucing up—or down—the domicile is a must for celebrating All Hallows’ Eve. The buzz for “halloween decorations” of all sorts have risen 163% in the past 30 days. In a testimony to the celebration’s growing power of darkness, searches are a quarter higher compared to last year.

It’s not too late to learn the dark arts of interior decorating. Check out these top 13 ways to make your home an unholy terror.  

1. Halloween pumpkin. Would-be gourd carvers have been taking their duties seriously, as they look up designs and stencil patterns to make true art.
2. Martha Stewart Halloween. The domestic diva provides genteel inspiration for every petrifying occasion.
3. Halloween Critters. “Bats,” “black cats,” and “spiders,” oh my… Every haunted hearth should have a hallowed pet, and bats lead in the Buzz pecking order.
4. Halloween props. Doing up the homestead proper means special effects. Skeleton chandelier, anyone?
5. Halloween Sounds. Decorators know good design must stimulate all the senses, and nothing screams the holiday better than a blood-curdling shriek… over and over and over…
6. Halloween Lights. Lighting sets the mood, whether for romance or fear.
7. Halloween Skeleton. The formalwear for spirits, who don this familiar garb when they visit the living.
8. Halloween Tombstones. Make guests relax by providing them a final resting place—personalized, of course.
9. Halloween Table Decorations. A good spread of “halloween cakes,” “treats,” and “cookies” deserve a good setting.
10. Halloween Hangman. Nothing like having the middleman between life and death as a house guest.
11. Halloween Inflatables. Get elaborate with pumped-up hearses, giant spiders, even an instant graveyard.
12. Halloween Glow-in-the-Dark. Nightfall is the whole point of Halloween, so find decorations that stand out during these darkest hours.
13. Halloween Hanging Decorations. Don’t look behind you… look up. Hangmen, bats, ghosts, skeleton brides… frightful decoration truly comes from all directions.

When a costume just isn’t cutting it, Halloween revelers conceal their identity behind a mask. Searches on “halloween masks” are up 11% this week as folks consider covering their faces.

Related searches on “scary mask” are up 634% over the past seven days as the holiday draws frightfully near. What’s truly scary is the variety of mask searches deep within our data. Here are the top 20 from this week…

A couple of notes unmasked…

—Horror heroes dominate the top 20, but what’s up with Penn State football coach Joe Paterno coming in at #18? The legendary coach cultivates a distinctive look, but we didn’t figure to see JoePa among the top masks.

—Our favorite masks that didn’t make the top 20? Well, you can’t go wrong with a “rat fink mask.” Or a “krusty the clown mask.” But a “donald trump mask“? Talk about scary.

Talk about cleaning your home plate. The Red Sox swept the World Series, erasing the Colorado Rockies. Searches on Sox stars Jacoby Ellsbury, John Henry, and Jon Lester all surged.

As for other spikes, the weekend was about finding redemption, pursuing justice, and some last-moment Halloween planning.

Hair—some folks have it some folks don’t. But even those blessed with long, luscious locks are searching for new ways to wear it.

The recent news that someone with far too much money bought some of Che Guevara’s hair for $100,000 inspired us to investigate the most popular hair searches. Braid ‘em if you got ‘em, kids.

When a costume just isn’t cutting it, Halloween revelers conceal their identity behind a mask. Searches on “halloween masks” are up 11% this week as folks consider covering their faces.

Related searches on “scary mask” are up 634% over the past seven days as the holiday draws frightfully near. What’s truly scary is the variety of mask searches deep within our data. Here are the top 20 from this week…

A couple of notes unmasked…

—Horror heroes dominate the top 20, but what’s up with Penn State football coach Joe Paterno coming in at #18? The legendary coach cultivates a distinctive look, but we didn’t figure to see JoePa among the top masks.

—Our favorite masks that didn’t make the top 20? Well, you can’t go wrong with a “rat fink mask.” Or a “krusty the clown mask.” But a “donald trump mask“? Talk about scary.

Hair—some folks have it some folks don’t. But even those blessed with long, luscious locks are searching for new ways to wear it.

The recent news that someone with far too much money bought some of Che Guevara’s hair for $100,000 inspired us to investigate the most popular hair searches. Braid ‘em if you got ‘em, kids.

The imminent return of “Nip/Tuck” to the cable airwaves has resuscitated buzz on the plastic surgery soap. Searches on the over-the-top sudser are up 24% over the past week, showing that fans are scrubbed and prepped for the return of McNamara/Troy. And it will be a glitzy return for the dastardly docs—they’ve left Miami in the rear view and will now be plying their plastic trade in L.A.

Fans hungry for info on how the season will unfold are busy trying to uncover “nip tuck spoilers.” Viewers who don’t want to know the plotlines in advance are looking up “nip tuck season premiere” and “nip tuck season 5” and setting the DVR in anticipation.

Ladies’ choice Julian McMahon plays the caddish doc Christian Troy and the actor continues to slice away at the Search box. The handsome actor’s buzz is up 10% this week and he sews up way more searches than Dylan Walsh, who plays his partner in the scalpel biz.

Tuck’s made its name with wacky stunt casting, and this season promises buzzworthy roles for Portia de Rossi, Vanessa Redgrave, and yes, Rosie O’Donnell. Oh yes, they’re bringing back the popular Dawn Budge character played by the former “View” hostess. No word on whether Dr. Troy will have to provide his “services” to Ms. Budge again this season, but we’re sure there will be Buzz either way.

Lock your tools in the tool shed. Jigsaw of the “Saw” franchise takes the Buzz multiplex hostage this weekend. Only Steve Carell dares to take on bloody mayhem in wide release, but his last Biblical flop may have led searchers to forsake him.

1. “Saw IV” (R). Jigsaw returns, at least in grisly spirit, and slashes his way into the top 1,000 searches this week. Version 4.0 ensnares law enforcement who investigate the remains of the twisted master and his apprentice, Amanda. Nearly 40 states are drawn to the gruesome follow-up, with guys 13 on up succumbing to the dark impulses.

2. “Bella” (PG-13, limited). This must be a year of unwed mothers, what with “Knocked Up” and “Waitress.” The limited release focuses on a waitress at a Mexican restaurant. Tammy Blanchard is the impregnated protagonist, but co-star Eduardo Verástegui gets ladies cooing over his searches. Overall, attention is small but sincere for the chick flick of the week.

3. “Dan in Real Life” (PG-13). Steve Carell rose to fame as a “Virgin,” but fell on his face as Noah. Will he find his niche as a family movie guy? He plays the title’s namesake, a single parent and advice columnist who has trouble guiding his own life. Ages 12-44 are taking a glance at “Dan,” but so far the comedy doesn’t seem to be pulling a closer look.

Also registering on the Buzz marquee… Director Jonathan Demme, perhaps better known for “The Silence of the Lambs” and “Philadelphia,” turns his camera on the former president in “Jimmy Carter Man from Plains” … Noir goes into overdrive with Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke as brothers whose plan to rob their parents’ jewelry store goes awry in “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead” (R).

As Halloween creeps closer, there’s been a shocking surge of searches on horror movie icons. Freddy Krueger, the sweatered star of the “Elm Street” flicks, is gruesomely popular. Jason from “Friday the 13th” is posting gratuitous and unnecessary gains. Even Chucky from “Child’s Play” is having a bloody good time in the Buzz.

Still, interest in those baddies can’t compare to the legions of searches on Michael Myers. The creepy, grunting killer from Halloween and its 97 sequels has inspired some truly disturbing searches. “Michael myers mask,” “michael myers story,” and “michael myers quotes” are all slicing their way through Search. We find the last search particularly freaky considering the lurking maniac doesn’t actually speak.

Here’s how the villains line up in Search. We only regret that Leprechaun didn’t make the cut.