The Maxwell Curse (才堂 呪い Saido Curse) is a curse in Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within contained within the Maxwell family. It is ambiguous if the curse is real; Philip Tate believes it at first, however, he later claims it never existed. According to the legend, it is believed that the "Cursed Children"—twin girls—would be born into the Maxwell family every few generations. Once they were born, out of fear of their curse, they were to be buried alive within the Maxwell tree that resides in a graveyard.